Tanabata Festival

A young woman in profile, with a black bob haircut and simplified, mask-like features, ties colored paper strips (red, white, yellow, green) to a bamboo branch with white cord; she wears a black-and-white leaf-patterned kimono with a yellow sash and obi bow. The palette is limited to grey, black, white, and small accents of yellow, red, and green, set against a plain grey background. This woodblock print, Tanabata Festival by Maekawa Senpan, uses flat areas of color and bold outlines characteristic of mokuhanga printmaking.