The Lovers Oshichi and Kichisaburo

A man in a black kimono with a crested top-knot looks down at a woman with an elaborate hairpin, who grasps a small lacquered cup in her hands. Pale cream ground, muted ink and color, and a poem slip in the upper right frame the intimate exchange.

Look closer: A poem slip with calligraphy sits in the upper right corner of the print.

Artist

Kitagawa Utamaro

Date

ca. 1800

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2488 × 3859 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1922