Maiko — 舞妓
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
$500–$4,000. Common subjects: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Maekawa's early sosaku-hanga works are historically significant. Bold, expressive prints are most valued.
A maiko — apprentice geisha, the young women who train in the traditional performing arts of Kyoto's geisha districts in the years before becoming fully qualified geiko — is depicted in this undated Senpan print, the figure's distinctive appearance rendered with the directness that distinguishes his approach to bijin-ga subjects. Senpan's maiko is not the romanticized, ethereal figure of many bijin-ga prints but something more grounded and specific — a young woman in training, her costume and makeup the marks of her particular professional world rather than general feminine beauty.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Maiko — 舞妓 was created by Maekawa Senpan (前川千帆).
Maiko — 舞妓 depicts bijin-ga.
