In a lime green kimono with a bat pattern at the hem, a courtesan adorned in a tortoiseshell comb and kanzashi, holds a roll of kaishi paper on a veranda. She appears entranced by the beauty of the rising moon against the backdrop of vast mountain ranges and pine forest.

The subject matter is likely a reference to the poem, Evergreens on the Mountain (Maki tatsu yama) by Jakuren Hôshi (1139–1202), which is one of theThree Evening Poems (Sanseki no uchi).

Poem:

Sabishisa wa

sono iro to shimo

nakarikeri

maki tatsu yama no

aki no yūgure

Loneliness

is not

any particular colour

A mountain of black pines

on an autumn evening