Reflection in the Water (Mizu-kagami)

A bejeweled bodhisattva-like female figure stands at the edge of a body of water, her semi-transparent reflection visible below the waterline; she wears an elaborate crown, pearl and beaded necklaces, and layered robes in peach, sage green, and blue, with sheer diaphanous scarves draped around her arms and trailing to the ground. She reaches toward flowering hydrangea shrubs in blue-violet and peach tones that frame both sides of the composition, their leaves rendered in soft teal-green. The palette is dominated by warm tan and ochre in the background and ground, with cooler blues and greens in the water, foliage, and parts of her dress; brushwork throughout is fine and linear, consistent with Hishida Shunsō's 1897 hanging scroll "Reflection in the Water (Mizu-kagami)," color on silk.