鳥居清友筆 羽根突き美人図|Woman with Battledore and Shuttlecock
The Met
Artist: Torii Kiyotomo(Japanese, active early 19th century)
Date: 1815–20
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on paper
Dimensions: Image: 45 3/16 × 20 11/16 in. (114.8 × 52.5 cm) Overall with mounting: 71 1/4 × 24 1/8 in. (181 × 61.2 cm) Overall with knobs: 71 1/4 × 26 3/8 in. (181 × 67 cm)
Credit Line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Visual Descriptions
AI GeneratedVisual Summary
Brief Description
A woman in a black kimono with white flowers trims a small white object with a blade
Detailed Description
The artwork depicts a full-length portrait of a woman standing against a plain, light tan background. The image is framed by a decorative border featuring a blue fabric with a repeating pattern of small gold dots, and a narrower inner border of light tan with tiny gold flecks. The woman stands slightly angled to the viewer's right, her head tilted down as she focuses on her hands. Her face is pale with delicate features, and her dark hair is styled in a large, elaborate updo, adorned with a prominent red floral ornament and a smaller gold accent. She wears a long, black kimono with wide sleeves, which is decorated with scattered white five-petaled flowers and small green leaves. The inner lining of the kimono, visible at the sleeves and hem, features a pattern of dark red and black geometric shapes. A white undergarment is visible at her neck, with a narrow red collar. In her hands, she holds a slender, light-colored object, possibly a wick or a piece of paper, which she appears to be trimming with a small, dark-handled blade held in her left hand. A light tan fan, decorated with a circular blue and white emblem, is tucked into her obi on her left side. Her feet are visible at the bottom, wearing white tabi socks and dark sandals with thick, light-colored soles. The voluminous hem of her kimono pools around her feet, revealing layers of white, red, and light purple fabric underneath. On the left side of the image, near her lower left leg, there is vertical black text followed by a small red seal. The text reads: "清友画".
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