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Maiko in front of a light by Oda Kazuma — Japanese Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Maiko in front of a light

by Oda Kazuma

Medium:
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Image courtesy of
Saru Gallery

Description

A young maiko is seated in profile-turned-toward-viewer, wearing a voluminous scarlet kimono with gold outlining and a dark green obi, her hair swept up and adorned with layered orange, yellow, and pale hairpins. She sits against a solid black background beside a glowing green-haloed light at upper left, its flame rendered in bright yellow and white; a mustard-yellow ground fills the lower foreground. The palette is limited to black, red, green, and yellow, giving the composition a flat, bold, high-contrast character. Oda Kazuma, mokuhanga, year unknown.

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Maiko in front of a light was created by Oda Kazuma (織田一磨).

Maiko in front of a light depicts bijin-ga.