Category Archives: japanese hair styling

Kunichika & The Meiji

Posted on May 19, 2016 by toshidama

May the 20th sees the launch of a new show at the Toshidama Gallery. The exhibition looks at the work of Toyohara Kunichika, (1835-1900), and his fellow artists. There are some very fine prints indeed on show and for sale, … Continue reading →

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Hikimayu…Fashion Trends of the Heian Period

Posted on April 26, 2016 by toshidama

Kunichika (1835-1900) Thirty-six Good and Evil Beauties: Shirabyoshi Dancer on a Boat, 1876. I love this series of prints by Kunichika. It’s called 36 Good and Evil Beauties and is one of his finest series of woodblock prints. Each print, … Continue reading →

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Toshidama Gallery… A Print per Day – Kunisada

Posted on April 11, 2016 by toshidama

Toyokuni III (1786-1865) Nakamura Shikan IV from the series Matches for Six Selected Flowers : Begonia, c 1863. The feature of this great actor print by Kunisada is the tattoo that he skilfully shows beneath his shirt. The print is … Continue reading →

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Toshidama Gallery… A Print per Day – Chikanobu

Posted on April 9, 2016 by toshidama

Toyohara Chikanobu (1838 – 1912)  Jidai kagami (A Mirror of the Ages) The Tenwa Era This blog has been dormant for a while because of other commitments at the gallery. We are relaunching it this week to coincide with a … Continue reading →

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The Man-bun, the Must Have Hair-do for 2015

Posted on January 15, 2015 by toshidama

I was intrigued by the gushing of the press for the current must-have hair-do, the ‘man-bun’. Dealing for years in Japanese prints, I get used to people asking me why the hairstyles of the figures in these Edo prints are … Continue reading →

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