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Woman with Hairpin by Hashiguchi Goyo — Japanese Color woodblock print, 1918

Woman with Hairpin

簪の女

by Hashiguchi Goyo

Date:
1918
Medium:
Color woodblock print
Format:
Oban
Edition:
Published by Watanabe Shozaburo

Description

A woman in a red kimono patterned with small white lozenges and a green under-collar decorated with white chrysanthemums is shown half-length against a plain grey background, her shoulder bared and a hairpin visible in her upswept black hair. She looks down at a black hand mirror with a gold decorative motif, held in her left hand, while her right hand, wearing a ring, is raised toward her collarbone holding a small red-and-black applicator. Hashiguchi Goyo, "Woman with Hairpin," 1918, color woodblock print.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Woman with Hairpin (簪の女) was created by Hashiguchi Goyo (橋口五葉) in 1918.

Woman with Hairpin was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1918).

Woman with Hairpin depicts bijin-ga.