The Samurai (Shi) from Beauties Illustrating the Four Social Classes
A color woodblock print showing a standing woman in a grey kimono with striped orange hakama, holding a sword, while a kneeling woman in a patterned robe looks up at her. Plum branches bloom against a pale background beside a sliding screen, and a red lacquered surface sits between them.
- Artist
- Torii Kiyonaga
- Date
- c. 1779
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; koban
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 843 × 1141 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1784).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection
