Beauty Reclining as Visitors Approach

A hanging scroll painting on silk shows two figures in kimono on a wooden veranda at left, with a reclining woman under white bedding behind a folding screen at right. Peonies bloom at the lower right against a gold-toned ground, and the figures are rendered in ink and muted color.

Artist

Tamura Suio (active 1680-1730)

Date

Late 17th-early 18th century

Medium

Ink, color, and gold on silk

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

2703 × 3999 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art