Beauty under the tree - Jukabijinzu

Japanese: 樹下美人図 - じゅかびじんず

A folding screen painting from the Nara period housed in the Shoso-in Repository in Nara City, a Shoso-in treasure. Six folding screens. Artist unknown. It depicts a beautiful woman in Chinese attire under a tree. The original form of the composition can be found far away in Western Asia, but it is thought to have been painted in Japan. It is also called the "Bird Feather Standing Woman Folding Screen" because bird feathers have been sewn onto the hair, kimono, and leaves instead of color.

Source: Obunsha Japanese History Dictionary, Third Edition About Obunsha Japanese History Dictionary, Third Edition

Japanese:

奈良市正倉院蔵の奈良時代の屛風図
正倉院宝物。６扇。作者不詳。樹下に唐装の美人を描く。構図の祖型は遠く西アジアにあるが，日本で描かれたものらしい。彩色のかわりに髪や着物・木の葉に鳥の羽毛がはられたので「鳥毛立女屛風 (ちようもうりゆうじよびようぶ) 」ともいう。

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