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Color woodblock print of two women in kimono beside a plum branch; one stands holding a sword, the other kneels in a patterned robe.

The Samurai (Shi) from the series Beauties Illustrating the Four Social Classes (Adesugata shi no ko sho)

A color woodblock print showing a standing woman in a grey kimono with striped orange hakama, holding a sword, while a kneeling woman in a patterned robe looks up at her. Plum branches bloom against a pale background beside a sliding screen, and a red lacquered surface sits between them.

Artist
Torii Kiyonaga
Date
c. 1779
Medium
Color woodblock print; koban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
843 × 1141 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1784).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

Español: El samurái (Shi) de la serie Bellezas que ilustran las cuatro clases sociales

Grabado en madera a color que muestra a una mujer de pie, con kimono gris y hakama de rayas naranjas, sosteniendo una espada, mientras otra mujer arrodillada, con una bata estampada, la mira hacia arriba. Ramas de ciruelo florecen junto a un biombo corredizo, y una superficie laqueada roja aparece entre ellas.

Português: O samurai (Shi) da série Beldades que ilustram as quatro classes sociais

Xilogravura colorida que mostra uma mulher em pé, com quimono cinza e hakama listrado de laranja, segurando uma espada, enquanto outra mulher ajoelhada, com um robe estampado, olha para cima. Galhos de ameixeira florescem ao lado de um biombo deslizante, e uma superfície laqueada vermelha aparece entre elas.

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