Likes Enjoying Herself (Tanoshimizuki), from the series "Eight Views of Favorite Things of Today (Tosei kobutsu hakkei)"

Two women in half-length view against a plain buff background: in front, a woman with an elaborately dressed coiffure adorned with pink combs and ornamental pins, wearing a sage-green robe over a pink-and-black-striped collar and floral pink under-kimono; behind her, a second woman with dark hair pinned up plays a long-necked shamisen, its plectrum and red-bound neck visible at the lower right. Muted sage green, dusty pink, black, and cream tones dominate, with vertical cartouches of text at the upper right giving the series title and figure name. Kitagawa Utamaro, 1796, color woodblock print (oban), from the series "Eight Views of Favorite Things of Today (Tosei kobutsu hakkei)," this sheet titled "Likes Enjoying Herself (Tanoshimizuki)."