cotton. The woman wears a in a tie-dyed komono patterned with scattered circles. From above hang two hoso-obi sashes, one red and the other violet. This is the only print in the series in which the woman face each other; they appear to be in conversation. Sudare In Sudare (, "Reed screen"), woman dressed as a daughter of a high-ranking samurai family sits behind a luxurious sudare reed screen hemmed with a flower pattern. The woman who stands in front of the screen wears her hair in a , a hairstyle asocciated with the women-in-waiting at high-ranked samurai homes. Utamaro has posed the women so their hairstyles contrast—the woman behind the screen's is extravagantly tied and decorated, while the woman-in waiting's is much simpler. The both have pleased, attentive expressions, and appear to be watching something—perhaps a show or presentation. The collectors William S. and John T. Spaulding bought a copy of this print from the architect Frank Lloyd Wright while in Japan in 1913. The Spaulding brothers donated their copy along with the rest of their collection to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston on 21 December 1921. Natsu Ishō In Natsu Ishō (, "Summer clothing"), an elegantly-dressed woman standing in the foreground holds a kanzashi hairpin with her right hand to her hair, which is made up in a hairstyle. She appears to have just gotten out of the bath. Another young woman looks at her from behind a translucent cloth hung on a clothes rack. The pair appear to be in conversation. Notes References Works cited External links 1794 prints 1795 prints Triptychs Ukiyo-e works Women in art Works by Kitagawa Utamaro