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風流六玉川　武蔵　紀伊　陸奥|Women and a Man in the Country; Some pageant(?)

Kitagawa Utamaro

1780

ink

From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Romanticism Ukiyo-e 18th Century smoking

Dominant colour

風流六玉川　武蔵　紀伊　陸奥|Women and a Man in the Country; Some pageant(?) is a 1780 ink by Kitagawa Utamaro, a Romanticism work, depicting smoking, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Who painted this?: Kitagawa Utamaro
When & what style?: 1780 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this work

This painting shows three scenes of people dressed in fancy, colorful robes. The first panel has two women walking side by side, their sleeves decorated with flowers. The middle panel shows a woman in black holding a parasol, with another person kneeling in red robes. The last panel has a woman pouring liquid from a jug while a child watches. Notice how the artist uses bold outlines and soft colors to show movement and emotion. The robes have patterns like stripes and checks, and the background looks like a dreamy landscape. Look up cross-hatching next to see how artists create texture with lines.