Saturday, 21 March 2020

110 - Nobukazu: A princess and her guard


Ukiyo-e. Nobukazu.
Nobukazu: A princess and her guard

A  princess and her guard by Nobukazu. Not much is known about this print, but it is probably from about 1890.

Note the two black spots over the eyes of the princess. They are painted eyebrows. The beauty ideal of the times dictated that the real eyebrows were shaved off and replaced with painted lines extremely high up on the forehead.