Rouge
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- japancoll
$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.
"Rouge" — the cosmetic applied to lips and cheeks that was one of the defining markers of feminine self-presentation in Taisho and Showa-era Japan — is the title of this undated Senpan print, suggesting either a figure in the act of applying cosmetics or a composition focused on the vivid red of the cosmetic itself as a color field or symbolic element. Senpan's occasional beauty and grooming subjects — less common in his work than festivals and outdoor nudes — reveal his interest in the private moments of feminine self-preparation that socially presented figures never showed.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Rouge was created by Maekawa Senpan (前川千帆).
Rouge depicts figures and bijin-ga.
