Artist: Mizuno Toshikata
Title: Spring - The Parting of School Chums
Date: 1889
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Source:
Honolulu Museum of Art
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Description:
The series The Seasons and their Fashions was published for the Mitsukoshi Department store in Tokyo, possibly as a kimono advertisement. Once again, Toshikata depicts beautiful schoolgirls, this time dressed in kimono designed by Mitsukoshi. The subjects became role models symbolizing modern elegance and maturity for many young middle- to upper-class schoolgirls. (“Girl Talk: 20th Century Japanese Prints Depicting Women ” 05/27/2010 - 08/1/2010)
