Hasui Kawase Departing Spring Kimono Beauty Japanese Woodblock Poster
Hasui Kawase’s Departing Spring: a kimono-clad beauty with an elegant hairstyle against gold. A graceful portrait of early 20th-century Japan.
Description
This woodblock portrait shows a young woman in a floral kimono with a crimson obi, her elaborate black coiffure adorned with a pink hairpiece. Against a shimmering gold ground it is pure shin-hanga elegance. A refined piece for collectors of Japanese portraiture.








