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The New Year Niwaka Festival in the Pleasure Quarters

Eishōsai Chōki

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woodblock print depicts three people. A woman stands behind two people, her head above theirs. She wears a pink kimono with white flowers and a large hair ornament with green leaves and pink flowers. Her black hair is pulled back and a pink and white headband wraps around it. The woman looks to her right. The person on the left sits and faces right; they have short black hair covered by a green head covering, and wear a pink kimono with white flowers. The person on the right sits and faces left; he has black hair slicked back with a black patch on top, and wears a black and white kimono. He holds a branch with green leaves near the top of the woman's hair ornament. The background is light brown with vertical Japanese text on either side.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1796
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
421 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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