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This image is of a lone female figure centrally located on the scroll. The dominate color of the image is red. The figure's outer kimono is decorated with red and gold maple leaves.
Yamaguchi Soken (Sojun)
Japanese Beauty in a Red Maple Leaf Robe
1800 – 1832
Museum purchase made possible by a gift from Helmut Stern
1985/2.7
This is a figure painting on a hanging scroll. There are many colors present with the background generally of a brown hue and the figure containing predominantly black and white with many intricate and colorful details. The figure is centered in the middle and looks to the right of the scroll (the viewer's left). The woman holds one hand up to her shoulder (holding the outermost layer of her kimono) while the other lies at her side. The kimono she is wearing has many layers. Most notable is the outer white layer lined with a bright red with a colorful floral pattern. The black layer has a circular design that covers a light blue layer. Her obi is a darker gray with a blue floral and circular pattern. Her geta have blue straps. There is a signature at the bottom right corner which is followed by a red stamp. 
Torii Kiyonobu
Beauty
1925 – 1935
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1986/1.160

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese (culture or style))
Twenty-four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety: Chûjôhime
1838 – 1848
Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Mary L. Herbst
1974/1.101
A woman with a sword looks back to her left. Her right hand is hidden by her long sleeve, just above the sword handle. Her blue outer robe is partially removed and reveals a patterned red and blue robe beneath. The bottom of the outer robe has a spray of flowers, and a crest adorns the left sleeve. A lantern lights up the stage behind her.<br /><br />
Unidentified inscriptions.
Shunshō Katsukawa (Japanese (culture or style))
Iwai Hanshirō IV as an Onnadate
1750 – 1799
Museum Purchase
1960/1.156
This is a triptych, displaying all three panels at once. In the left panel, a woman squats, holding a book, on which stands a man holding an umbrella. Another standing woman looks over her shoulder at it. In the center panel, an older man is seated on a bench with a brush or pipe in his hand. A woman looks at him over her shoulder. In the right panel, two woman stand with two girls. One of the girls is half hidden behind the woman on the left and gesturing forward. The other girl looks up at the two woman. In the background are white flowering trees as well as some calligraphy.<br /><br />
This is a set with 1948/1.185 and 1948/1.186.<br /><br /><br />
 
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese (culture or style))
Complete Illustrations of Yoshiwara Parodies of Kabuki: Courtesans of the Matsubaya
1798
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1948/1.187
Near dusk, a woman in a kimono walks outside a Japanese style building with a shoji screen for a wall. The silhouettes of merry-makers inside can be seen, revealing the figure of a man and also a woman, probably a geisha, holding an instrument that appears to be a shamisen.
Takahashi Hiroaki
Evening in Tokyo: Figures in Silhouette behind a Shoji screen
1900 – 1921
Gift of Millard Pryor in Memory of Mary S. Pryor
1991/2.110
This charming painting depicts a young courtesan out on parade, dressed in a simple but striking costume. Her black cloak (uchikake) is decorated with a discreet overall pattern of plovers, and allowed to fall open to reveal its bright red lining. She subtly advertises her occupation by tying her sash (obi) in front. The hanging scroll is bordered with gold. The is an inscription in the lower&nbsp;right corner.<br />
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Exhibited in &quot;Japanese Costumes &amp; Ceramics, Past &amp; Present,&quot; October 2001-February 2002. Maribeth Graybill, Senior Curator of Asian Art
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Courtesan Beneath a Willow Branch
1740 – 1750
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Carter
1970/2.158
<p>&ldquo;Kitsuke Komono&rdquo; accessories for putting on Kimono.</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Various undergarments - green padding
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2013/2.524.4
<p>&ldquo;Kitsuke Komono&rdquo; accessories for putting on Kimono.</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Various undergarments - embroidered padding
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2013/2.524.5
<p>&ldquo;Kitsuke Komono&rdquo; accessories for putting on Kimono.</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Various undergarments - half moon padding
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2013/2.524.18
<p>Plain white Ro nagajuban, wears under&nbsp;sheer formal black funerary (mofuku) Ro kimono<br />
(2.487.1)</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Lined Kimono
20th century
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2013/2.487.2
<p>Dark blue Ooshima tsumugi kimono with interwoven tsuru karakusa (swirling pattern) and Karahana (stylized Chinese flower) motifs with an off-white, red, and brown silk lining.</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Kimono
20th century
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2013/2.396
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