Print from Women Resting in the Votive Picture Hall at Asakusa

Chōbunsai Eishi

Cleveland Museum of Art

A traditional Japanese woodblock print depicting a scene of women in a courtyard. The women wear traditional kimonos. One woman on the left wears a beige kimono with a large orange obi and white flower patterns. The woman to her right wears a green kimono with white circular patterns and holds an orange obi in her left hand and her right hand raised. The woman on the right wears a white kimono and holds a large folding fan; she faces right. To her right, a small child wears a green kimono with an orange obi. In the background, there are trees, other people, and buildings with tiled roofs. The color palette consists of beige, orange, green, white, and black. The print has a worn, aged appearance.