Catalog record · 目録番号 112057
Kyu Maiko
Catalog note / 解説
Saturday, 1 March 2008 I am pleased to announce the completion of 'Kyo Maiko', or Maiko in Kyoto, the newest addition to my series ‘Azuma Nishiki Bijin Awase’ (A Collection of Eastern Brocade Beauties). As many of you will know, I made two trips to Kyoto last year, in Spring and again in November, the second time for my solo exhibition at Ritsumeikan University, and while I was there the first time, I conceived the idea of this print after seeing a couple of maiko or apprentice geiko (geisha) chatting on the streets of Gion. Since I returned from Japan at the end of November, I have been hard at work printing this image as I intended to submit it to the CWAJ exhibition selection board in To…
Image record / 画像情報
JAODB · 2007 · jaodb
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