Key value factors: Edition order (first Watanabe/Doi printing vs. posthumous reprints) is crucial. Snow scenes, night views, and bijin-ga typically command premiums. Publisher seals and artist signatures authenticate first editions.
A psychologically nuanced [bijin-ga](/glossary/bijin-ga) by Hirezaki Eiho that departs from the genre's typical emphasis on idealized feminine beauty to capture instead a moment of fatigue or emotional weariness. Eiho was exceptional among bijin-ga printmakers for his willingness to depict his female subjects in states of vulnerability or complexity rather than the perpetual composed elegance demanded by more conventional treatments of the genre. A "tired look" — the slightly unfocused gaze, the relaxed posture, the absence of performative self-presentation — opens a window onto an inner life that the classic bijin-ga often keeps carefully closed.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Tired look was created by Hirezaki Eiho (鰭崎英朋).
Tired look depicts figures, bijin-ga, and portraits.
