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A Courtesan

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a woman sitting on the ground. She has a black hair styled up with long thin pieces extending out. She wears a kimono with a blue under kimono and a beige over kimono with blue and gold designs on it. The woman sits on a patterned floor with her legs bent to one side. Her left leg is extended out in front. She holds a bowl-like object in her lap. Small Japanese writing appears vertically in several places around the woman. A more rectangular block of text is to the right with a blue butterfly.

Artwork Details

Date
1807
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
423 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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