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Cooling Off at Nakazu

Torii Kiyonaga

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woodblock print depicting four women in traditional Japanese clothing. The woman on the right wears a peach-colored kimono with a patterned under-kimono visible at the sleeves. Her hair is styled in a bun and she wears a black hat. The woman in the center wears a black kimono with a pink sash and a polka dot pattern, and a black hat. The woman on the left wears a black and white kimono with a floral design on a white panel on the front. Her hair is styled in a bun. A man stands behind her wearing a white kimono. The background is beige with some Japanese writing on the right side.

Artwork Details

Date
1782
Medium
Left-hand sheet of a diptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
419 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
View original
Palette

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