No. 5 - Summer Geisha - 夏奴

A woman is shown in profile from the chest up against a graduated blue background, her gaze cast downward. Her hair is arranged in a large black chignon secured with ornamental pins, and she wears a grey checked kimono over a lavender under-robe patterned with leaves, its dark collar and pink-and-blue sash printed with bamboo and wave motifs; her red lips and rouged cheek contrast with the pale skin of her face and neck. She holds an open fan striped in orange, grey, and yellow in her right hand, close to her chest. Torii Kotondo, "No. 5 – Summer Geisha – 夏奴," 1934, woodblock print.