Three Women (from the series A Brief Collection of Japanese Beauties)

1781

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

Dominant colour

Three Women (from the series A Brief Collection of Japanese Beauties) is a 1781 by Torii Kiyonaga, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.

Who painted this?: Torii Kiyonaga
When & what style?: 1781 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

This painting shows three women in traditional Japanese clothing, standing and sitting in a room with a wooden floor and a low table. The woman on the left wears a black kimono with a white and pink patterned obi, while the woman in the middle has a green kimono with an orange obi. The woman on the right sits on the floor, wearing a gray kimono with a pink patterned obi. The room has a window with a view of a tree and a building outside, and the women seem to be engaged in conversation or an activity. The painting's colors are muted, with shades of black, white, gray, and pink dominating the scene. If you're interested in learning more about the artist who created this piece, you might want to look up Torii Kiyonaga.