# Standing Beauty

- By: Artist unknown (Japanese, active 17th century)
- Date: 1661/73
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: 66.0 × 27.0 cm (26 × 10 5/8 in.), including mount and knobs: 145.8 × 39.6 cm (57 7/16 × 15 5/8 in.)
- Culture: Japan
- Credit line: Frederick W. and Nathalie C. Gookin Endowment
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/74242)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/cb0c15b9e6587e26adbc02b1dbd8b64a.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In this idealized depiction, a beautiful woman with a confident expression holds her kimono as she strides with purpose. The bold print of her garment—which features designs of large flowers, waves, and a square water-well motif near the bottom—was the height of fashion during the mid-17 th century. At this time, many paintings of individual beauties with blank backgrounds were produced for an eager urban market.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0