Kyu Maiko
by Paul Binnie
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
by Paul Binnie
$2,000–$15,000. Common subjects: $2,000–$4,000. Key value factors: As a living artist continuing the shin-hanga tradition, Binnie's prints are investment-quality. Limited editions and larger formats are most valued.
A Kyoto maiko — the apprentice geisha who embodies Kyoto's most carefully preserved traditional performance culture — appears in this print as one of Binnie's most affectionately rendered subjects. The maiko's formal beauty is entirely constructed: the elaborate hairstyle, the painted face, the trailing kimono, the specific gait and gesture of the kagai (geisha quarter) all require years of training to achieve. Binnie's [bijin-ga](/glossary/bijin-ga) depiction honors both the woman and the tradition she embodies.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Kyu Maiko was created by Paul Binnie.
Kyu Maiko depicts bijin-ga.
