Utagawa Kunisada. Woman arranging the hairpins, from the series ‘The taste of the new type of woman’ / Fan print, c. 1835.

Half-length portrait of a beautiful young woman wearing a chrysanthemum-patterned green kimono, face directed 3/4 to the right, holding her hands together and fingers spread, arranging the hairpins in her elaborate hairdo; garments of different colours and pattern designs on the background.

Series: The taste of the new type of woman (Shingata bijin konomi) [新形美人好].

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada [歌川国貞], a.k.a. Utagawa Toyokuni III [三代歌川豊国] (Japanese, 1786 – 1865).

Signed: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga [香朝楼國貞画] in a yellow double-gourd cartouche.

No publisher seal.

No censor/date seal.

Media: Untrimmed fan print (Aiban yoko-e uchiwa-e), 228 x 305 mm.

Collection	Japanese prints and drawings
Type or purpose	Woodblock print
Period	19 AD, Edo Period (1603 – 1868), Mid-19th century, Tenpō era [天保] (1830 – 1844)
Country	Japan
Media	Ink and color on paper, Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Subject	Beautiful woman (bijin-ga), Beauty, Hairpin, Woman, Young woman
Series	The taste of the new type of woman (Shingata bijin konomi)
Artist	Utagawa Kunisada [歌川国貞] a.k.a. Utagawa Toyokuni III [三代歌川豊国] (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Publisher	Unknown
Publishing year	1835
Size	Aiban yoko-e uchiwa-e, Fan print. Uchiwa-e
Acquisition year	2025

Collection

Japanese prints and drawings