Nanchi in Autumn: After a Bath, no. 1 from the series Seasons of the Pleasure Quarters
1880 - 1947
Kitano Tsunetomi 北野恒富
Japanese
A woodblock print depicting a Japanese woman entertainer from the Osaka entertainment district of Nanchi. The female figure stands frontally, with her face slightly angled to the right and her gaze direct at the viewer. The figure wears a brown kimono decorated with white kanji characters. The kimono is pulled down over her right shoulder, exposing her right breast. The background is blank.
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Taishō era, 1912-1926