Vintage Japanese Kappazuri Print Yoshitoshi Mori Bijin with Kiseru Smoking Beauty 1984 Ed 31/90 Hardware hand-forged

hand-forged

This is a set of three giclée 6

Diameter = 7" (16cm)

Length = 6" (15cm)

Japanese domestic voltage (100V) — a step-down transformer is required for US use

Vintage Japanese Kappazuri Print Yoshitoshi Mori Bijin with Kiseru Smoking Beauty 1984 Ed 31/90 Hardware hand-forgedYoshitoshi Mori (, 18981992) Bijin with kiseru () kappazuri stencil print, 1984, edition 31 90 A kneeling bijin raises a long kiseru () pipe to her lips, glancing back sharply over her shoulder. In her right hand she holds a blue and white cloth; beyond her knee sits a tabakobon (), the low tobacco tray fitted with ash container and ember pot that was a fixture of fashionable Edo interiors. Her kimono is rendered in Mori's bold flat planes: a dark