A courtesan rests in striped silk beneath blossoming boughs.

A woman sits against a red cloth, her striped blue-grey and black kimono open at the collar to show a red under-robe; a mustard-yellow robe drapes behind her. She raises a hand holding a small yellow object toward her chin, a white cloth patterned in blue hanging from her collar. Gold hairpins sit in her hair against a teal ground of grasses and blossoming branches. A red cartouche names her Shiraito of the Hashimoto-ya; beside her sit a sake bottle and a blue-and-white bowl of food.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798–1861) brought heroes, monsters and spectacle into the ukiyo-e print. A pupil of Toyokuni, he made his name in 1827 with the series of the One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Suikoden, tattooed warriors caught mid-action, and went on to giant skeletons, cats, whales and satirical puzzles that slipped past the censors. His restless invention influenced Yoshitoshi and, much later, tattoo and manga art. His prints are held by the British Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Printed as a museum-grade giclée on Hahnemühle fine art paper using 12-ink archival pigment printing. Available handframed in FSC-certified wood with optional float glass, or unframed. Ships worldwide with free delivery to 30+ countries.