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Color woodblock print of two women in a Japanese parlor; one kneels beside a round mirror on a stand while the other stands, with open screens and autumn plants.

A Mirror on a Stand Suggesting the Autumnal Moon (Kyodai no shugetsu), from the series "Eight Scenes of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)"

A color woodblock print showing two women in an interior with shoji screens open to a garden. A kneeling woman in patterned robes leans over a round mirror set on a black lacquer stand, while a standing woman in a dark kimono with floral motifs looks down at it. A paper lantern and autumn plants complete the parlor scene.

Artist
Torii Kiyonaga
Date
c. 1777
Medium
Color woodblock print; chuban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2226 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1782).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

Español: Un espejo sobre un soporte que sugiere la luna otoñal, grabado de Kiyonaga

Un grabado xilográfico en color que muestra dos mujeres en un interior con paneles shoji abiertos hacia un jardín. Una mujer arrodillada, con vestidos estampados, se inclina sobre un espejo redondo colocado en un soporte negro, mientras otra, de pie y con un kimono oscuro de motivos florales, lo mira desde arriba. Una lámpara de papel y plantas otoñales completan la escena.

Português: Um espelho sobre um suporte sugerindo a lua outonal, gravura de Kiyonaga

Uma gravura xilográfica colorida mostrando duas mulheres em um interior com painéis shoji abertos para um jardim. Uma mulher ajoelhada, com vestes estampadas, inclina-se sobre um espelho redondo apoiado em um suporte preto, enquanto outra, em pé e com um quimono escuro de motivos florais, olha para baixo em direção a ele. Uma lanterna de papel e plantas outonais completam a cena.

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