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Peony by Komura Settai — Japanese Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Peony

by Komura Settai

Medium:
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Image courtesy of
Saru Gallery

Description

A woman with her black hair swept up in a chignon bends forward toward a large pale pink peony blossom on a leafy branch studded with small red berries. She wears an olive-green kimono patterned with blue and white flowers, a red inner collar, a pink underlayer visible at the hem, and an obi patterned with white butterflies on black; her eyes are lowered toward the flower. The figure and plant sit against a plain, unmarked cream ground, positioned left of center with a small red seal in the lower right; this hand-colored mokuhanga print by Komura Settai is titled "Peony," year unknown.

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