喜多川歌麿画 「婦女人相十品」 日傘を差す女|“Woman Holding Up a Parasol” from the series Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy (Fujo ninsō juppen: Higasa o sasu onna)
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From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
1792
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From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
A woman stands holding a folded fan in one hand and a tall, striped umbrella in the other. She wears a pink hat, a purple robe with black-and-white patterned sleeves, and a red undergarment. Her face is calm, with dark hair tied back. The umbrella has bold black-and-white stripes and gold text along the edge. This print is part of a series showing different types of women. The artist focused on small details like the fan’s layers and the umbrella’s patterns. Look up Kitagawa Utamaro to see more of his work.
