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Color woodblock print of two women wrestling on a veranda while a standing woman watches; hanging lanterns and a pine tree behind.

Two Geisha Struggling for a Letter (Fumi no arasoi), from the series "Flowers of Nakasu (Nakasu no hana)"

A color woodblock print shows two women grappling on a wooden veranda, one pinning the other, who clutches a white sheet of paper. A standing woman in a patterned robe watches beside a hanging paper lantern and a pine tree beyond the railing. The palette is pale with red and green accents.

Artist
Torii Kiyonaga
Date
c. 1781
Medium
Color woodblock print; chuban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
843 × 1144 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1786).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

Español: Dos geishas forcejeando por una carta (Fumi no arasoi)

Una estampa xilográfica en color muestra a dos mujeres forcejeando sobre una galería de madera; una sujeta a la otra, que aprieta contra el pecho una hoja de papel blanca. Detrás, una mujer de pie con un kimono de motivos observa junto a un farolillo de papel colgante y un pino tras la baranda.

Português: Duas gueixas lutando por uma carta (Fumi no arasoi)

Uma gravura xilográfica colorida mostra duas mulheres em luta sobre uma varanda de madeira; uma prende a outra, que segura contra o peito uma folha de papel branca. Ao fundo, uma mulher em pé, com quimono estampado, observa ao lado de uma lanterna de papel pendurada e de um pinheiro além do parapeito.

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