Woman Kneeling in Shade

A woman crouches in profile within a mottled grey-brown circular field, her white kimono trimmed in pink at the collar with a blue obi and sash knotted behind her, black lacquered geta beside her bare feet. Her hair is swept up in a black chignon with a pale yellow band, and she looks downward with a quiet, composed expression against the plain cream ground surrounding the circle. A small red seal appears at the right edge of the circular field. Woman Kneeling in Shade, Komura Settai, 1940, color woodblock print.