Iris

A woman with dark hair pinned close to her head is shown in profile, her face pale and downturned, gazing off to the lower left against a dark maroon-and-black checkered background. Her red kimono, patterned with a small geometric motif at the collar, is covered across the shoulder and back with a dense design of purple and pink irises and pink peony-like blossoms rising from green blade-like leaves. Titled "Iris," this etching by Saito Kaoru is rendered in a muted palette of maroon, black, pink, purple, and green.