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Long Undergarment
Long Undergarment

Long Undergarment

Artist Torii Kotondo Japanese, 1900 - 1976
Place of OriginJapan
Date1929
PeriodShowa period (1926-1989)
CultureJapanese
MaterialsInk and colors on paper
DimensionsImage: H. 18 1/4 in × W. 11 3/4 in (46.4 cm × 29.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Hugh M. Williamson
Object number1990.8.5
DepartmentJapanese Art
ClassificationsPrints And Drawings
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Text Entries
A young woman is seated in a relaxed pose on a blue and white cushion. She wears a pink and red undergarment decorated with a whirling water pattern. The back collar is lowered to expose the sensuous nape of her neck. The round fan in her right hand is decorated with a drawing of Mount Fuji. The looped texture on the background is created by a baren, a flat disk-shaped tool pressed against the back of the paper to hand burnish relief prints.