Head of the Hydrangea Mansion — あぢさい舎主人像

The title — "Head of the Hydrangea Mansion" — suggests a portrait print, likely depicting a proprietor or distinguished figure associated with a residence or establishment named for the hydrangea (ajisai). Kotondo renders the subject with the quiet authority of a formal portrait, the figure composed and self-possessed. The hydrangea was associated with summer and with the rainy season, lending the title an atmospheric resonance beyond its merely administrative meaning.