An ivory figure of a hanayome (bride) by Kou, Meiji period

conventionally modelled, she is elegantly clad in a formal kimono and wears the traditional tsunokakushi, her hands in front, holding a suehiro whilst a wad of kaishi decorated with tomoshiraga is tucked into her collar, her obi at the back is knotted in fukurasuzume, signed with seal Kou