$500–$4,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Hanko's refined nihonga-style prints bridge traditional painting and modern printmaking. His early death at 47 limits available works.
A Chinese Lady in Red — Hanko's pendant to his Japanese bijin subjects, depicting a Chinese woman in the distinctive red silk robes and ornate hairstyle that Japanese artists used to evoke continental beauty. The Chinese beauty (chinjin no bijn) was a recognized genre in Japanese painting, and Hanko's Meiji-era version participates in a centuries-long Japanese fascination with Chinese aesthetic ideals even as Japan was rapidly Westernizing. The boldness of the red against the woman's black hair creates the most direct chromatic statement in his generally refined palette.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Chinese Lady in Red was created by Kajita Hanko (梶田半古).
Chinese Lady in Red depicts figures, bijin-ga, and portraits.
![Untitled [Two women] by Kajita Hanko](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/135758.jpg)
