Pensive Beauty Taisho (1912–1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, 1920s-1930s Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink, colors, and gofun (calcified crushed shell) on silk in silk mounts, depicting a pensive young woman in the formal dress of the period, her under-kimono and obi sash tie-dyed in the kanoko shibori technique, her outer kimono richly embroidered or dyed with a bold floral pattern, her white make-up rendered in delicate gofun, signed and sealed at right Seien 8 3/4 x 8 5/8in (22.2 x 26.1cm)