The Courtesan Arihara of the Tsuruya, and Child Attendants Aoe and Sekiya (Tsuruya uchi Arihara, Aoe, Sekiya), from an untitled series of courtesans

A close-up bust portrait of a courtesan in profile, her elaborate black coiffure fixed with numerous pale yellow combs and hairpins radiating outward. She wears a black kimono patterned with pale pink florals and pale roundels, layered under an orange and olive-green robe patterned with small dots and florals, one hand raised to grasp the fabric at her shoulder. Vertical columns of Japanese text, including the title cartouche and seal, appear at the upper left and right against the plain tan background; this aiban color woodblock print is by Kitagawa Utamaro, 1792.