Lady from the 'Visiting Kawachi' Episode of the Tales of Ise, second half 17th century, Unknown Japanese, 25 1/16 × 10 1/8 in. ( × cm) (image), Ink and color on paper, Japan, Nikuhitsu, The body of a single female figure forms a dramatic S-shape against a blank background. With her right hand she raises her hem, providing us with a better view of the design motifs that adorn her robes: maple leaves, deer, and autumn flowers and grasses on a white outer robe, and chrysanthemums and cresting waves on her red inner robe. This combination of motifs alludes to a poem

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