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A Contest of Elegant Ladies among the Cherry Blossoms (Kaika kifujin kisoi)

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Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Meiji period (1868–1912), Japan
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Lincoln Kirstein 1959
Title: A Contest of Elegant Ladies among the Cherry Blossoms (Kaika kifujin kisoi)
Description:
Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Meiji period (1868–1912), Japan.

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