Paper size
47.0 x 33.5 cm
Original Date
2012
Edition Date
2012
Carver/printer
Paul Binnie / Paul Binnie
Description
Ebicha hakama - Maroon hakama, the second design from the new series Hyakunen no Hana - Flowers of a Hundred Years, self-printed in an edition of 100 in November 2012. Paper size: 33.5 x 47 cm. Series title and print title in blindprinting in the top left margin signed in blindprinting and pencil in the bottom margin. The second of a series of 10 bijin prints illustrating women in the decades of the 20th century. The title refers to the trouser-like over-kimono worn by the girl in the print, which identifies her as a female university student.
Condition
Fine impression, colours and condition: this complex design employed 47 printings, including silver metallic pigment and 23 carat gold leaf in the hair ribbon.
