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Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woodblock print depicting two women in traditional Japanese clothing, a kimono. The woman on the right sits on the floor, she has dark hair and wears a kimono with a brown base color and pink flowers. She holds a string of beads in her left hand and appears to be threading or unthreading them. The woman on the left stands behind her. She has dark hair and wears a kimono with a multicolored geometric pattern. A basket sits on the floor to the left; a large piece of paper with Japanese writing covers the top third of the image. The background is a muted color with additional Japanese writing.

Artwork Details

Date
19th century
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
434 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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