Untitled (hirezaki-eiho)

This untitled woodblock print by Hirezaki Eiho (1881–1968) belongs to the body of bijin-ga work that defined his career across the Meiji and Taisho periods. Eiho's female figures are characterized by the warmth and individuality of their portrayal — each woman carries a specific emotional weight, a quality of interior life, that distinguishes Eiho's work from more formulaic bijin-ga printmaking. The flowing lines of kimono, the careful attention to hair arrangement, and the psychological specificity of each figure's expression reflect the nihonga training that Eiho brought to the woodblock medium.