Makeup in Modern Times
- Date:
- 1930
- Medium:
- Woodblock Print
- Image courtesy of
- Artsy
Description
A young woman in profile is shown from the shoulders up, her bare shoulders and chest emerging from a patterned kimono in blue, red, and white floral motifs pulled down around her arms. Her hair is styled in a large, elaborate black chignon, and she touches her cheek and earlobe with reddened fingertips against pale, smoothly rendered skin. The background is a mottled grey, and Japanese characters run vertically along the right and top edges of the print; the woman's expression is calm and inward, with downcast eyes — consistent with the 1930 woodblock print "Makeup in Modern Times" by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Makeup in Modern Times was created by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (小早川清) in 1930.