Hair — 髪
- Date:
- 1933
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
"Hair" (Kami), from 1933, is a later entry in Kobayakawa's extended investigation of women's hair as both formal subject and cultural signifier. By 1933 the modern women's hairstyles of the late Taisho and early Showa period — short bobs, waves, permanently waved curls — were fully established as markers of the moga (modern girl) identity, and Kobayakawa's repeated focus on hair acknowledges its significance as a site of female self-determination and fashion consciousness.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Hair — 髪 was created by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (小早川清) in 1933.
Hair — 髪 was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1933).
Hair — 髪 depicts bijin-ga and portraits.