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Panoramic Japanese painting of women in kimono on a wooden veranda overlooking a calm sea with sailing boats, in muted ink and color.

Panoramic Interior with Women by the Sea, Edo Period Painting

A panoramic interior scene shows women in long kimono gathered on a wooden veranda opening onto a calm sea with sailing boats and a distant shore. Figures kneel, sit and stand among low tables, screens and trays, rendered in soft ink and muted color on paper.

Artist
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (1753-1806)
Date
late 18th- early 19th century
Medium
Ink and color on paper
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size
4000 × 2276 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1834).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art

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