4- Bijin among flowers

A close-up bust portrait of a woman with an elaborate black coiffure ornamented with a jeweled hairpin, her downcast eyes and small red mouth rendered against pale white skin. She wears a striped indigo and white kimono with a soft grey shawl draped over her shoulders, set against a muted grey background scattered with pale blue and white hydrangea-like blossoms. Woodblock print, "4- Bijin among flowers" by Igawa Sengai, year unknown.