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Two Women by a Bamboo Blind

c. 1797 or 1798

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿

(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
color woodblock print
Measurements
Sheet: 38.8 x 25.4 cm (15 1/4 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1136
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Location
Not on view
Print
A vertical woodblock print depicts women with light skin tones and black hair. Behind fine lines of a bamboo blind on the left, a seated woman wearing a patterned gray kimono holds a thin rod. To the right, a woman in a dark floral kimono stands looking back. Bamboo leaves hang from the top. Japanese calligraphy and a circular seal appear in the lower right. Fine lines outline the figures and scene.

Two Women by a Bamboo Blind

c. 1797 or 1798

Kitagawa Utamaro

(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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