Edo period (1615-1868), 1850

• Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colours on silk in modern silk mounts by Paul Maruyama/Wills (1991), with ceramic jikusaki (roller ends) decorated with maple and cherry in enamels echoing the motifs on the kimono: A sumptuously dressed young woman seated under a blossoming cherry tree, her obi decorated with stylised hō-ō bird motifs, the lower part of her kimono with plum blossoms and maple leaves, the red under-kimono with cherry blossoms, her hair ornaments of horn; modern wood storage box
• 70.5 x18.9 in (179.0 x 48.0 cm)