Iris

A pale, nude figure arches backward into a near-complete circle against a near-black ground, head at right framed by a ruffled collar and patterned ornament at the shoulders, one arm reaching down to grip a small ring while the legs curve down at left; a smaller pale, patterned form appears near the upper left. A gray curved band sweeps behind the figure like a second arc, and a row of tiered building silhouettes is rendered in fine white line along the bottom of the dark, shadowy field. Rendered in black, cream, and gray, this mokuhanga print titled Iris by Hideo Hagiwara (year unknown) is signed in pencil at the lower left and numbered 8/50 at the lower right.