Actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Third Princess, Japanese Woodblock Print, c. 1771

A woman in a richly patterned kimono with floral motifs kneels on a wooden veranda beside a folding screen with a pale wave-like pattern, her head bowed toward a small white dog at lower left. The color woodblock print uses soft pinks, greens and ochre, with a red seal and signature at lower right.

Artist

Ippitsusai Buncho

Date

c. 1771

Medium

Color woodblock print; hosoban

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

843 × 1761 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection