Description
Wonderful Japanese oban tate-e (size) woodblock print of okubi-e (bust portraits) of a Binjin (beautiful woman) from the Beauty in the Teikyo Era, depicted in a sumptuous costume, from Chikanobu’s famous series, titled Jidai kagami (Mirror of the Ages). Chikanobu documented the fashions of former times (from the Kenmu to the Meiji era) with a portrait of a beauty depicted in the lower section and in the rectangular panel at top making a reference to the era with people laying a game of tama uchi. Published by Matsuki Heikichi, dated between Meiji 29 and 30 (1896-7), signed Yoshu Chikanobu.
