#5 Glossy dark hair
- Date:
- Not set
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
$5,000–$40,000. Common subjects: $5,000–$10,000. Key value factors: Very limited output makes all prints relatively scarce. The 'Styles of Contemporary Make-up' series is most collected.
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.
Not set
Woodblock print
1/1931
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
1924
Oil on board
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
#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.
