Maiko
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- ukiyo-e.org
Description
A maiko — a Kyoto apprentice geisha in the years before she achieves full geiko status — appears here in the elaborate costume and hairstyle of her profession. Sekino's bijin-ga (beauty pictures) are less common in his output than portraits or landscape, but when he turned to female beauty subjects he brought the same interest in character over idealization that distinguished his figure work generally. The maiko's face carries individual expression rather than generic prettiness.
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Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924
Woodblock print
The Compound of the Tenman Shrine at Kameido in the Snow (Kameido Tenmangu keidai no yuki), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
c. 1832/38
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Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
Evening Snow at Shiha Park, Tokyo
1932
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Frequently Asked Questions
Maiko was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).
Maiko uses Nishiki-e, Moku-hanga, and Kento, on woodblock print.
Maiko depicts snow scenes and bijin-ga.