Coming of Age Ceremony, Hokkei, 1822

A young woman sits in front of her mirror to shave her eyebrows. Japanese women used to shave off their eyebrows, blacken their teeth and put their hair up after getting married. With three poems. Label line: mentioned on object totoya hokkei (1790 - 1850), ca. 1822, color woodcut; embossing; line block in black with color blocks; metallic pigments; polishing collection: prints; japan (collection). Object Type: print. Date: 1822. Place of creation: Japan. Dimensions: blad Height: 204 mm (8.03 in) blad Width: 178 mm (7 in). Medium: paper. Collection: Rijksmuseum. Ceremonie van volwassen worden-Rijksmuseum RP-P-1958-355