This drawing combines Henry Somm’s two favorite themes: the female figure and the Japanese world. Somm depicts an elegantly dressed Parisian woman in the fashion of the 1880s–1890s, inside an Asian art shop of the kind that existed in Paris at the time. Surrounding her are lanterns, a folding screen, prints, porcelain, and statuettes, rendered with precision and meticulous detail. These elements attest to the artist’s deep understanding of this culture. The work creates a dialogue between Parisian modernity and Japanese aesthetics. As in the illustrations Somm created for Burty’s articles on “Japonism” published in L’Art in 1875–1876, the artist combines Oriental motifs with a contemporary perspective on society.