Bijin with a fan
- Date:
- Not set
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
In "Bijin with a Fan," Kobayakawa depicts a woman holding the traditional folding fan — an accessory that functioned simultaneously as practical tool, social signal, and aesthetic object in Japanese culture. His rendering emphasizes the woman's confident handling of the fan: it is not a coy prop but an extension of her physical self-possession. The fan allowed artists to explore gesture and the relationship between hand and object, and Kobayakawa uses it here to animate the figure and create compositional rhythm.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Bijin with a fan was created by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (小早川清) in Not set.
Bijin with a fan was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (Not set).
Bijin with a fan depicts bijin-ga.