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Two Court Ladies (Goten Jochu) and a Geisha at a Restaurant

Utagawa Kunisada

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A black and white drawing depicts a restaurant scene with seven women and a child. The background features a restaurant with a tiled roof, sliding doors, tatami mats on the floor, and a short brick wall. Four women wearing kimonos sit on the right side on top of the wall. Two women wearing kimonos and a child are on the floor; one woman stands while another sits next to the child on the left. A woman wearing a kimono walks on an elevated platform on the left. The platform has a tiled roof supported by two pillars. A fence borders the restaurant on the left. Vegetation grows around the restaurant. The drawing is on light brown paper.

Artwork details

Date:
after 1844
Medium:
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on thin paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 324 px
Museum record:
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