Untitled (hirezaki-eiho)

An eighth untitled work by Hirezaki Eiho (1881–1968), recorded without a descriptive title in the source database. Eiho's bijin-ga prints are characterized by a distinctive quality of line derived from his nihonga training — a line that is warm rather than cold, expressive rather than merely descriptive, capable of conveying the weight and texture of a kimono as well as the emotional state of the woman wearing it. This line quality, consistent across decades of printmaking, makes attribution of unsigned or ambiguously titled works to Eiho relatively straightforward for scholars familiar with his practice.