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Woman with a Folding Fan and Hand Mirror, from the series Sensuous Young Women of Contemporary Times

Utagawa Kunisada

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Japanese woman with dark hair pulled up in a bun, wearing a blue kimono with red and white accents. The kimono has a floral pattern on the inside and stripes on the outside. She holds a folding fan in her right hand and a hand mirror in her left. Her kimono sleeves are rolled up to her elbows. The background is a colorful circular pattern with red, purple, and white designs. There is a green circle in the top left corner containing Japanese text. The woman's face is angled down and to the left.

Artwork details

Date:
1838
Medium:
Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 465 px
Museum record:
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