Yugao

A woman with long, flowing black hair is shown in half-length, her head tilted downward and eyes cast in shadow against a mustard-yellow ground that darkens to black at the top edge. Her bare shoulders and pale, mask-like face are set off by a heavy purple robe patterned with round floral crests, its layered collar revealing bands of red, pink, and white beneath. This woodblock print (mokuhanga), titled "Yugao," is by Taki Shusui.