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The Hinodeya Widow (Adachi)

Size: 39.0cm by 26.5cm (15.35 in by 10.43 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Kitagawa Utamaro

Era: Post-war | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 8,000$ 60.00£ 46.25€ 55.50 [Item has been sold]

Description: This print features the portrait of one of Edo’s most celebrated beauties, the Hinodeya Widow (the Asahiya goke). The scene captures her in a moment of post-bath care, gently drying her ear with a cloth. One notable detail is that her eyebrows are missing, which was a common practice for married women in the Edo period.

In the upper left corner, a clever rebus visually represents her name. A rising sun is illustrated, reflecting the meaning of both hinode and asahi as "rising sun." Below, a Go board and a lock of hair (ke) combine to form go-ke, which is homophonous with goke, the word for "widow" in Japanese.

This print is a post-war reproduction by the Adachi Company.

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