Expression of Eyes (Hitomi) - 瞳
- Date:
- 1930
- 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.
"Expression of Eyes" (Hitomi), 1930, is the earlier variant of Kobayakawa's close-focus eye study, depicting the luminous, precisely rendered eyes of a modern woman as the complete subject of the print. "Hitomi" — the Japanese word for the iris or pupil, but also used poetically to mean "eyes" generally — carries deep resonance in Japanese poetry and fiction as the site of soul and feeling. By isolating the eyes, Kobayakawa created prints of unusual psychological intensity in a tradition that often avoided direct gazes.
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Woodblock print
1/1931
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
1924
Oil on board
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Expression of Eyes (Hitomi) - 瞳 was created by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (小早川清) in 1930.
Expression of Eyes (Hitomi) - 瞳 was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1930).
Expression of Eyes (Hitomi) - 瞳 depicts bijin-ga and portraits.
