Woman Holding a Tobacco Pipe

A hanging scroll in a black frame shows a standing woman in a brown outer robe over a blue-gray patterned kimono, holding a long pipe at her side. Her hair is pinned up with ornaments, and a dark pouch and checked cloth rest near her feet on the plain ivory ground.

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Date

ca. 1814-1815

Medium

Ink and color on silk

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

896 × 3000 px

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