# Paper Doll Clothing

**Unknown artist**  
1897–98  
Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper  
Left (a): 14 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (37.5 x 24.1 cm) Center (b): 14 5/8 x 9 3/8 in. (37.1 x 23.8 cm) Right (c): 15 x 9 3/4 in. (38.1 x 24.8 cm) (with tabs, mounted as a single)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, JP3381a–c. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/55548).

## About this work

An unrecorded Japan artist designed this in 1897–98. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Colour woodblock print.** In Japan these were a team effort. The artist drew the design, a carver cut it into cherry-wood blocks, one block for each colour, and a printer brushed on the pigment and rubbed each sheet by hand. Full-colour prints of this kind were called nishiki-e, “brocade pictures”, from the 1760s on.
- **Triptych.** Three sheets designed to sit side by side and read as one wide picture.

## Facts

- Type: Prints
- Culture: Japan
- Real size: about 15 × 10 in (38 × 25 cm). The 11 × 14 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Movement: [Ukiyo-e](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/ukiyo-e)
- Subjects: Dresses
- Colour: white
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/948.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/948/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/paper-doll-clothing-met-55548).