Ono no Komachi, One of the Six Immortals of Poetry

A standing woman in a long, layered robe with a white ground and red underrobe, patterned with flowers and grasses, holds a fan near her chest against a pale background. Mounted as a hanging scroll with blue brocade borders, the painting is identified in the record as Ono no Komachi, one of the Six Immortals of Poetry.

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Date

ca. 1806-1808

Medium

Ink and color on paper

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

1592 × 4000 px

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