Kasumi Teshigawara arranging chrysanthemums — 菊を活ける勅使ヶ原霞女史

A woman with upswept dark hair kneels on a tatami mat in a pale blue kimono patterned with small floral motifs, a red and gold obi visible at her back, arranging white and yellow chrysanthemums in a dark red vase decorated with round medallions. She leans forward attentively, one hand extended toward the blossoms, set against a plain tan wall with a wooden post and a strip of green-bordered tatami edging in the foreground. Woodblock print by Ito Shinsui titled *Kasumi Teshigawara arranging chrysanthemums* (菊を活ける勅使ヶ原霞女史), year unknown.