Cleveland Museum of Art

Lady with a Parasol

Koikawa Harumasa

Date

early 1800s

Medium

hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and silver pigments on paper

Culture

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Japanese Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This painting depicts a young woman braving the elements as she hurries home from the local bathhouse. The action depicted accentuates her slender neck and bare legs. In later Japanese art, images of beautiful women in bare feet and a towel between their teeth have sensual overtones. Spatters of white paint represent falling snow.

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