Catalog record · 目録番号 112050
Ebicha Hakama
海老茶袴
Catalog note / 解説
Ebicha Hakama ? Maroon Hakama, a new print by Paul Binnie for November 2012 I’m pleased to announce the release of the second print in my series Hyakunen no Hana (Flowers of a Hundred Years), the first of which went out in May 2012. The new design is called Ebicha Hakama, or Maroon Hakama, of 1910, referring to the trouser-like over-kimono worn by the girl in the print, which identifies her as a female university student. Women’s universities were founded in the first decade of the 20th century, such as the Japan Women’s College (now University) in 1901 in Tokyo and several others throughout Japan soon after. By 1910, it was becoming acceptable for young women to consider a university educa…
Image record / 画像情報
JAODB · 2012 · jaodb
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