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Snowball
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Snowball

Utagawa Toyokuni (I) · 1794 - 1798 · color woodcut; nishiki-e; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Elegantly dressed courtesan in a kimono with a peony pattern, under an umbrella held by a shinzo (trainee courtesan) in a black kimono, looking at a kamuro (youngest assistant to a courtesan) rolling a large snowball; against a grey background with swirling snowflakes.

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Credit lineSneeuwbal. 1794 - 1798. Utagawa Toyokuni (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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