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Kitao Shigemasa

Flower Arranging

c. 1769
Color woodblock print; chuban
25 × 19.1 cm (9.8 × 7.5 in)

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Two young girls are shown arranging flowers, likely preparing for an important guest. One places an arrangement including irises and pinks in a jar hanging on the pillar next to a scroll painting. The other is cutting the stem of a chrysanthemum to place in the jar before her.

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