Beauties of Kan'ei and Shōhō Era
- Date:
- April 1896
- Medium:
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 36.1 × 46.8 cm
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Kiyochika reaches back to the early Edo period for this April 1896 bijin-ga, depicting beauties in the dress fashions of the Kan'ei (1624–44) and Shōhō (1644–48) eras. The historical costume study was a genre that flourished in the Meiji period as audiences grew nostalgic for pre-modern Japan, and Kiyochika's version draws on the conventions of the Kaigetsudō school and early Torii-style bijin-ga while processing them through his own Meiji sensibility.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Beauties of Kan'ei and Shōhō Era was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親) in April 1896.
Beauties of Kan'ei and Shōhō Era depicts bijin-ga.
Beauties of Kan'ei and Shōhō Era measures 36.1 × 46.8 cm (Oban format).
