Japanese hanging scroll on silk: several women in kimono on a wooden veranda by a lattice screen, with blossoming branches and a bird in a garden behind.

Women on a veranda beside a blossoming garden

A hanging scroll in color and gold on silk shows a group of women in patterned kimono on a wooden veranda beside a lattice screen. Blossoming branches, white-flowered shrubs, and a small bird fill the garden behind them.

Artist: Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 (1726-1792)
Date: 1726-1792
Medium: Color and gold on silk panel
Source: Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size: 1306 × 2285 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1792).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

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

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