The Kamioki Ceremony

Data

The Kamioki Ceremony
Print   (Part of the set: Taisho era subscription prints)

Torii Kiyonaga

1910s

00024-060
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Print is Public Domain; Photography is:   Creative Commons License

Description

This print 'Kamioki 髪置' is from a series 'Fuzoku Azuma no Nishiki 風俗東之錦' by Torii Kiyonaga.

Kamioki is a ceremony for girls who have turned three years old; as seen in the image, their hair is shaved, leaving only a part on the top.

Kiyonaga depicted the details of kimono and obi-sash patterns, as well as hairstyles. His beauties are characterized by their eight-head-tall proportions.

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