She appears to be a girl from a good family, with her hair adorned with peony flower hairpins, etc., and holding a ball and folding fan. It expresses well the gorgeous air of a young girl, and with her mouth slightly open, what is she amusing herself talking about? The skill at expressing the vitality of a young girl whose interests change dizzyingly from fashion, play, to talking - in information confined to just an upper torso – has to be Utamaro. This is a rare single-sheet piece not known to be in any other collection, although this and “Woman Holding a Fan” (Art Institute of Chicago collection) are considered to belong to the same series.