Applying Make-up (Keshô), from the series Two Views of Modern Fashions (Kindai jisei yosooi no uchi ni)
- Series:
- Two Views of Modern Fashions
- Date:
- Not set
$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.
"Applying Make-up" (Kesho) is from Kobayakawa's celebrated series "Two Views of Modern Fashions" (Kindai jisei yosooi no uchi ni), depicting a woman engaged in the ritual of cosmetic application — a subject that allowed him to explore self-presentation, female self-consciousness, and the aesthetics of modern beauty as active practice rather than passive state. The moment of applying makeup is one of transformation: the woman is in the process of becoming her public self, and Kobayakawa captures her in this liminal state with characteristic psychological acuity.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Applying Make-up (Keshô), from the series Two Views of Modern Fashions (Kindai jisei yosooi no uchi ni) was created by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (小早川清) in Not set.
Yes — Applying Make-up (Keshô), from the series Two Views of Modern Fashions (Kindai jisei yosooi no uchi ni) is part of the Two Views of Modern Fashions series by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi.
Applying Make-up (Keshô), from the series Two Views of Modern Fashions (Kindai jisei yosooi no uchi ni) uses Bokashi, on woodblock print.
Applying Make-up (Keshô), from the series Two Views of Modern Fashions (Kindai jisei yosooi no uchi ni) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (Not set).
Applying Make-up (Keshô), from the series Two Views of Modern Fashions (Kindai jisei yosooi no uchi ni) depicts landscapes.
