#5 Glossy dark hair
- Date:
- Not set
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
The fifth design in Kobayakawa's celebrated series "Modern Styles of Makeup" (Kindai jisei no sho), this print presents a close-up study of a woman's lustrous black hair, arranged in a modern Western-influenced style. Kobayakawa's bijin-ga broke from the gentle, nostalgic femininity of mainstream shin-hanga to portray women of his own era — self-possessed, fashionable, and psychologically present. The deep blacks and subtle sheen of the hair demonstrate the expressive range his woodblock technique could achieve.
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Not set
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Frequently Asked Questions
#5 Glossy dark hair was created by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (小早川清) in Not set.
#5 Glossy dark hair was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (Not set).
#5 Glossy dark hair depicts bijin-ga and portraits.