日本版画 持手巾的女子 1921 桥口五叶
橋口五葉 (Goyo HASHIGUCHI, 1880-1921) 6park.com Woman Holding a Hand Towel (手拭持てる女, Tenugui moteru Onna). Japanese Woodblock Print. Mica background (雲母摺). 6park.com Image was created in Oct, 1920 (大正九年十月; Oct., Taisho 9) and the original blocks and impression were completed in 1921. The original blocks were destroyed in the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923. 6park.com This is a posthumous edition the making of which was sanctioned by Goyo's heirs and published by Tanseisha (丹青社) using the same standards of Goyo's original. Completed in 1981. 6park.com Supervisor: Muneshige Narasaki (楢崎宗重); carver: Sadao Uetani (植谷貞雄); printer: Mitsuo Hashizume (橋詰光男). 6park.com The bust portrait is thought to depict Hisae, a geisha who worked in the Shinbashi District (新橋), Tokyo. Her dark grey kimono is decorated with motifs of butterflies and scattered blossoms. She lightly holds a towel to her face, revealing her stone inset ring. 6park.com A tenugui (手拭い), is a traditional Japanese hand towel made from cotton. It dates back to the Heian period or earlier. By the Edo period, tenugui became what they are today; about 14 by 35 inches in size, plain woven, and almost always dyed with plain color or some pattern. The long sides are finished with a selvage, while the short sides are left unfinished to allow fraying. 6park.com A tenugui may be used as a flannel (washcloth) or dishcloth. They are often used as souvenirs, headbands, decorations, or for wrapping bottles and similar items. Towels made from terry cloth have largely replaced tenugui in household use. However, tenugui are still popular as souvenirs, decorations, and as a head covering in kendo, where it functions as a sweatband and provides extra padding beneath the headgear (men). 6park.com
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