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Fashionable Seven Autumn Plants (Fūzoku aki nanakusa)

Toyohara Sadatora

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman in a kimono bending down to pick flowers or plants. The kimono is blue with a floral pattern and red lining. The woman's hair is black and styled in a traditional Japanese updo with a red and blue hairpin. She wears white geta-style sandals. The background includes various plants, flowers, and foliage. A large blue circle with Japanese writing is in the top left corner. Dragonflies are flying in the top right corner. The woman's kimono has a large red bow at the back.

Artwork details

Date:
first half of the 19th century
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
433 × 624 px
Museum record:
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