
Nine Small envelopes
- Medium:
- Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
- Image courtesy of
- Saru Gallery
Description
A grid of nine narrow vertical panels, each showing a single standing or bending female figure in elaborate kimono against a plain unshaded background (backgrounds vary panel to panel in pale grey, cream, and blush tones). The women are rendered in different poses and dress — striped blue and red robes, a maple-leaf-patterned robe trailing open, a red parasol folded against one figure, an elaborate gold headdress on another, and one figure holding a folded fan-shaped object marked with the characters 京人形. Palette is dominated by soft vermillion, grey, ochre, and pink, with black hair and fine linear kimono patterning throughout; this mokuhanga print by Yamakawa Shuho is titled Nine Small Envelopes.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Nine Small envelopes was created by Yamakawa Shuho (山川秀峰).



