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Portrait of a seated young Japanese woman in a red kimono faces and looks to the right.

A woman's face is in profile as we look over her right shoulder from slightly above. She’s fair skinned with pink parted lips and thick black hair arranged on her head with small combs. We see tips of her left fingers in the back as she adjusts her hair. The kimono has a decorative white dot pattern on its red collar, and a black and white sash across her waist. The background is neutral tan color with similar colored swirls all around. Calligraphy and dark red artist seals are stamped in the upper left.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1937.87
People
Itō Shinsui, Japanese (Tokyo 1898 - 1972)
Title
Before the Mirror
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Taikyō
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1916
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Taishō era, 1912-1926
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/206426

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
block: 43.3 x 28.3 cm (17 1/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Shinsui

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
130/150

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Charles Bain Hoyt
Accession Year
1937
Object Number
1937.87
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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