Iris Kimono - あやめゆかた

A young woman kneels in profile on a purple cushion, wearing a white kimono patterned with dark blue irises and reeds, her obi banded in red, black, and pale green. Her hair is dressed in a large black coiffure ornamented with a pink flower and coral hairpins, and she holds a yellow comb to her mouth, gazing toward a round mirror beside a low chest of drawers holding a covered bowl, red lidded box, and other toiletries; a green fan lies on the mat in the foreground. The palette is muted—soft grey background, cream border—accenting the indigo kimono pattern and warm skin tones. Torii Kotondo, *Iris Kimono - あやめゆかた*, 1932, woodblock print.