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American Horsewoman

Utagawa Yoshitora

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woman with dark brown hair wearing a pink long-sleeve blouse and a long blue and white skirt riding a brown horse with a yellow bridle and saddle. The horse's right front and left back legs are raised. Two pink scrolls with black Japanese characters are behind the horse's head. A red rectangle, a vertical column of Japanese characters and a square with a Japanese character are below the horse. The background is beige with a green line across the top.

Artwork details

Date:
1st month, 1861
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
431 × 624 px
Museum record:
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