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Two Japanese women - Short kimono by Shimura Tatsumi — Japanese Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Two Japanese women - Short kimono

by Shimura Tatsumi

Medium:
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Image courtesy of
Saru Gallery

Description

A half-length portrait of a woman shown in profile with head bowed and eyes lowered, her black hair swept into a high knot secured with a gold comb, a hairpin tipped in red, and a mauve ornament, her face pale with red lips. She wears a black-and-white striped kimono with a black velvet collar lined in lavender, a blue robe draped over one shoulder with a purple cord hanging down, and behind her a wooden rack holds folded garments in pale seafoam green, gray, and mustard against a plain sage-green background. A red seal and signature appear at right and the edition number 90/450 is penciled at lower left; mokuhanga by Shimura Tatsumi, titled Two Japanese Women – Short Kimono, date unknown.

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Two Japanese women - Short kimono was created by Shimura Tatsumi (志村立美).

Two Japanese women - Short kimono depicts bijin-ga.