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Englishmen Woman on Horseback

Utagawa Yoshitora

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Englishmen Woman on Horseback by Utagawa Yoshitora: A woman with fair skin rides a brown horse. She wears a white head covering with a red band around it and a red bow under her chin. Her dress has a yellow collar, red sleeves, and a blue and light blue skirt. The woman holds a long blue stick in her right hand. A red scroll with black and white writing hangs on the right. The background is yellow with a blue stripe across the top. Small Japanese writing appears on the left and bottom-centre. The horse has a blue nose cover and blue hooves.

Artwork details

Date:
1st month, 1861
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
439 × 625 px
Museum record:
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