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Vertical Japanese hanging scroll of a woman in a bamboo-patterned black kimono standing on a wooden veranda beside a lattice screen.

Woman standing on a second-story balcony

A standing woman in a black kimono patterned with bamboo, layered over a red and gold robe, stands on a wooden veranda beside a lattice screen, her head turned in profile. Painted in full color on paper as a vertical hanging scroll, the figure is set against a pale wall and a golden upper background.

Artist
Katsukawa Shunsui 勝川春水 (fl. 1744-1764)
Date
mid-18th century
Medium
Full color, lacquer black, and ink on paper
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size
1001 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1767).
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

Español: Mujer de pie en un balcón del segundo piso

Una mujer de pie, con un kimono negro estampado con bambú sobre una túnica roja y dorada, se encuentra en una galería de madera junto a un biombo de celosía, con la cabeza girada de perfil. Pintada en colores vivos sobre papel como un rollo colgante vertical, la figura resalta contra una pared clara y un fondo superior dorado.

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