Untitled
1800
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
About the artist
1800
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
Untitled is a 1800 ink by Kitagawa Utamaro, a Romanticism work, depicting Coupl, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This Japanese woodblock print features two figures standing side by side in the rain. The woman on the right wears a black kimono with white dots and a pink obi, holding a closed umbrella in her left hand. Her hair is styled in an updo, and she wears a black hat with a wide brim and a white ribbon tied around it. The figure on the left is partially obscured by the woman, but appears to be wearing a white kimono with a black obi. The background of the print is a muted gray-brown color, with diagonal lines suggesting the rain. The overall effect is one of quiet intimacy, as if the viewer has stumbled upon a private moment between the two figures. For more on this style, look up the Romanticism movement.
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