The image depicts a woman sitting on the floor wearing a traditional Japanese kimono. The kimono is a light-brown color with white and green accents. She has a black hairpiece on her head with thin sticks protruding from it. Her hair is pulled back, and she is looking down. A cylindrical object resembling a basket with a long white tag and an oval sign with Japanese writing is on the wall behind her. There is Japanese writing vertically on the left side of the image. A ruler is on the right. The background of the image is beige with a reddish-brown section at the bottom. The image is titled "A Courtesan" by Kitagawa Utamaro.
Artwork Details
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 480 × 624 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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