Girls (descriptive title)

A print depicting girls in a scene that likely shows young women in one of Chikanobu's many bijin or historical contexts — the "descriptive title" designation indicating that the archival title is a scholarly reconstruction rather than the artist's original. Chikanobu's depictions of young women ranged from contemporary Meiji schoolgirls to historical court ladies, and the category of "girls" encompasses multiple social and historical contexts within his oeuvre. The print participates in his broader project of documenting Japanese femininity across historical periods.