Courtesan

A standing courtesan is shown in profile facing left, her head bowed and eyes downcast, with an elaborate coiffure gathered high and pinned with an ornamental comb. She wears a heavy outer robe patterned in bold black-and-white florals — chrysanthemums and maple-like leaves on the upper body and sleeves, plum blossoms on the trailing lower hem — its sash-like folds and long overhanging sleeves rendered in thick black outline against the plain paper ground; her bare feet peek out beneath the swept train. The print is entirely monochrome (black ink on aged, toned paper), with the artist's signature and two seals in the lower right corner.