Tree Peony (2)

A blue vase with a swirling cloud-like motif holds a large full-blown pink-and-white peony and a smaller budding pink blossom, framed by deep green serrated leaves against a soft gradient brown backdrop and pale cream tabletop. The composition is a tightly cropped, vertical still life with no figures, rendered in flat, clean-edged areas of color. *Tree Peony (2)*, a woodblock print by Fumio Kitaoka (year unknown), is pencil-signed and numbered 16/85 in the lower margin.