Takahashi Hiroaki (Shōtei) (Japan, 1871-1945) - Lot 85

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Takahashi Hiroaki (Shōtei) (Japan, 1871-1945) - Lot 85
Takahashi Hiroaki (Shōtei) (Japan, 1871-1945) Print, dai oban tate-e, Beauty in front of a mirror. Signed Hiroaki and stamped Hiroaki. Publisher Fusui Gabō (Fusui workshop) and stamp. Circa 1927. Dim. 42.3 x 28.5 cm The contours are reinforced by embossing. This print belongs to the category of bijin-ga (Images of Beautiful Women) depicting the attributes and fashions of moga, short for modan garu ' Modern Girl '. Their most representative characteristic is their short, boyish haircut. Moga are educated, independent women. From the early 1920s to the 1930s, Japanese women emancipated themselves from their traditional roles as mothers, wives and daughters. Many artists saw the moga theme as an opportunity to depict bijin habits and customs, but some works also illustrated the pleasures of the moga lifestyle. Rightly so, the decadence of enjoying the here and now of an ephemeral, floating world is in fact the very nature of ukiyo-e. Reference: A similar print in the Brooklyn Museum, no. 68.35.11
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