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Iwai Hanshiro IV

Katsukawa Shunkō

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman in a traditional Japanese kimono stands indoors. She faces right, her head in profile and her body turned. Her left leg is bent behind her, her right foot on the ground. She holds a pipe to her mouth with her right hand. Her hair is styled up and secured with a decorative piece. The kimono has a light-colored base with a pink and dark floral pattern on the bottom half. A dark-colored kimono with a lighter pattern is layered underneath. The background shows a beige wall with brown wooden trim and a window with a view of a mountain. Japanese characters are written vertically on the wall to the left of the woman.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1775
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
302 × 623 px
Museum record:
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