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Flower Arranging
Kitao Shigemasac. 1769
- Attribution
- Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739-1820)
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; chuban
- Physical dimensions
- 25 × 19.1 cm (9 7/8 × 7 9/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
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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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