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Two Ladies, Each with a Portion of a Lacquered Mirror

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SKU: TRG-PRINT-UNF-METM-54864 Category: Giclee Prints Tags: Asian, Bathing & Grooming, Figures Artist: Utamaro, Kitagawa

Tags: Asian, Bathing & Grooming, Figures

Description

Two women, each with a portion of a lacquered mirror, occupy a tall narrow composition in Kitagawa Utamaro’s print, an upright pale and red figure above a darker lower figure. Each holds a portion of a lacquered mirror, as the title identifies. Their different positions give the shared object a lively human setting, making comparison part of the encounter between neighboring bodies.

Made in the 1790s, the woodblock print uses ink and color on paper. Utamaro finds interest in the relationship between an object and its human use, allowing the mirror to carry meaning beyond decoration. The pairing gives the subject a gentle complexity: each woman has her own portion, yet the title places them within one activity. The work’s appeal lies in that balance of individual attention and shared circumstance, making a modest domestic subject engaging.

Read our guide to giclée prints or browse the Kitagawa Utamaro collection.