Bijin writing a poem V2
- Date:
- Not set
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
$5,000–$40,000. Beauty prints by this artist are particularly sought after. Modern beauty series: $12,000–$25,000. Key value factors: Very limited output makes all prints relatively scarce. The 'Styles of Contemporary Make-up' series is most collected.
In this elegant [bijin-ga](/glossary/bijin-ga), a woman bends in concentration over a sheet of paper, composing or transcribing a poem with brush and ink. Kobayakawa's rendering distinguishes her from the conventionally passive beauties of earlier woodblock traditions: her posture suggests cultivation and intellectual engagement, qualities of the educated modern woman as much as the classical courtly ideal. The act of writing poetry — composing waka or haiku — was associated with aristocratic sensibility, here reframed within Kobayakawa's modernist vision of femininity.
Not set
Woodblock print
1/1931
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
1924
Oil on board
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Bijin writing a poem V2 was created by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (小早川清) in Not set.
Bijin writing a poem V2 was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (Not set).
Bijin writing a poem V2 depicts bijin-ga and calligraphy.
