

“Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya,” from the series Seven Komachi of the Pleasure Quarters (Seirō Nana Komachi)
A woman with dark hair styled into a high bun. Several light brown sticks protrude from the top of her hair, and she wears a beige cloth folded over the top. She wears a red kimono with white floral patterns on it. A red object is held to her lips. She holds a scroll in her left hand. The background is gray. There are several vertical lines of Japanese writing on both sides.
Artwork details
- Date:
- ca. 1790
- Medium:
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Culture:
- Japan
- Dimensions:
- 422 × 624 px
- Museum record:
- View original
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