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Illustrated Book of the Current Fashion

Utagawa Toyokuni I

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pink and white kimono with a floral pattern on a woman with long black hair, facing right. She wears a pink under-kimono. Her kimono has pink lining. A white fence and a brown hill are in the background. The image is a two-panel illustration. The woman stands on a walkway. The background has trees and a light-colored sky.

Artwork details

Date:
1802
Medium:
Two volumes; polychrome woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 423 px
Museum record:
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