Item from the Mokuhankan Flea Market

Woman Applying Lipstick (Tanseisha)

Size: 43.0cm by 31.0cm (16.93 in by 12.20 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Hashiguchi Goyo

Era: Late Showa | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 30,000$ 229.00£ 185.00€ 210.00 [Item has been sold]

Description: This is the Tanseisha version of one of a group of well-known Goyo designs produced in the mid-Showa period (most of them in the 1980s). (The Tanseisha Company also made a version of this same design).

In this print, a maiko (舞妓), apprentice geisha, is applying color to her lips. It's depicting the young woman delicately - especially her hair and hair ornament expression are so detailed. The background to this one is done with pale pink mica.

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