Untitled (hirezaki-eiho)

A ninth untitled bijin-ga by Hirezaki Eiho (1881–1968). Eiho's work within the bijin-ga genre spans the transitional period between the Meiji era's more formal approach to feminine beauty and the Taisho era's greater interest in individual psychology and modern femininity. His prints from different periods of his career accordingly show different aesthetic emphases — the earlier works tending toward a more classical elegance, the later ones toward a softer, more emotionally nuanced treatment of the female figure.