Kuchi-e Woodblock Print by Hanko Kajita: "Girl and Maple Leaves"

She rests her chin on two fingers while maple leaves drift past the edge of the picture.

Girl and Maple Leaves is a kuchi-e woodblock print by Hanko Kajita (1870 – 1917), made around 1900 in ink on paper. Kuchi-e were frontispiece prints bound into Japanese novels and literary magazines, and they often showed a quiet woman in a domestic or seasonal moment. A young woman in a pale blue kimono patterned with white chrysanthemums leans her face against her hand, eyes lowered. Her black hair is drawn up with a yellow band. Red maple leaves spill out of the image square across the cream margin, beside a small red seal. The image is 9 inches wide and 12.25 high.

Autumn, and she is in no hurry about it.