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Color woodblock print of two Japanese women on a veranda; one kneels washing paper in a basin while the other stands holding a round fan beside bamboo and a screen.

Ono no Komachi Washing the Copybook (Soshiarai Komachi), from the series The Seven Ukiyo-e Aspects of Komachi (Ukiyo-e nana Komachi)

A color woodblock print shows two women on a veranda beside a folding screen and bamboo. The seated woman in a patterned kimono rinses writing paper in a shallow basin, while a standing woman in a striped robe holds a round fan. Calligraphy appears in the upper left corner.

Artist
Torii Kiyonaga
Date
Edo period (1615–1868), about 1779
Medium
Color woodblock print; chuban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2266 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1873).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

Español: Ono no Komachi lavando el cuaderno de caligrafía, grabado de Torii Kiyonaga

Un grabado en color muestra a dos mujeres en una galería junto a un biombo plegable y bambú. La mujer sentada, con un kimono estampado, enjuaga papel de escritura en una bandeja poco profunda, mientras otra de pie, con una bata a rayas, sostiene un abanico redondo. Hay caligrafía en la esquina superior izquierda.

Português: Ono no Komachi lavando o caderno de caligrafia, gravura de Torii Kiyonaga

Uma gravura colorida mostra duas mulheres numa varanda ao lado de um biombo dobrável e bambu. A mulher sentada, com um quimono estampado, enxágua papel de escrita numa bacia rasa, enquanto a mulher em pé, com um roupão listrado, segura um leque redondo. Há caligrafia no canto superior esquerdo.

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