Bijin to otafuku
Bijin to Otafuku (A Beauty and an Otafuku)
Two women lean in cheek to cheek: a beauty and an otafuku, as the title has it.
About this print
Two women are shown side by side, their faces drawn close together. Both wear a large white cloth folded over and over on their heads, with red peeking out from the gaps in the folds. The woman on the left holds a small vessel to her mouth, while the one on the right looks slightly down, her small mouth pursed.
As the title says, the two pictured here are a beauty and an otafuku. Otafuku, also called okame, is a word for a woman's face with full, round cheeks and a good-humored charm.
From the front of each headdress hang two red tassels. On the cloth of the woman on the left, a single small flower shape, drawn in outline alone, sits between the tassels.
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- Source title
- 『Bijin to otafuku』（1801〜1804年ごろ）
- Held by
- Library of Congress
- 複製番号
- LC-DIG-jpd-00104
- Why it's free to use
- The library lists it as "No known restrictions on publication." Its copyright has also expired under Japanese law.
- クレジット
- Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-jpd-00104
- Original item
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View in the NDL online exhibition "Exploring Japanese Landmarks in Nishiki-e and Photographs" - Made
- 225+ years ago
- Added to site
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