Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (Japan, 1899-1948) Print, dai oban tate-e, from the series Kindai jiseishō no uchi (近代時世粧ノ内 ), Fashion Today, plate [roku] 「六」, 6 : Kuchibeni (口紅), Lipstick. Signed Kiyoshi and artist's stamp. Dated the 3rd month of Showa 6 (1931). Self-published. Size 54.5 x 32 cm Kiyoshi created an emblematic image in phase with his era, embodied by the modern woman of the 1920s or "moga", the Japanese equivalent of French garçonnes. He is credited with thirteen prints, six of which are self-published. Reference: This print is reproduced in: Uhlenbeck, Dwinger, Ouweleen, Shin hanga: Les Estampes Modernes du Japon 1900-1960, Éditions Hazan (2022), p. 155