- Okoso zukin (Beauty with Purple Hood) - Korin Ogata sheet number 56/80

sheet number 56/80

Image size: 23 and 1/4 inches wide by 17 and 3/4 inches tall (59 x 45 cm)

Date: Printed in 1955

Kentaro Maeda

and dated on the bottom margin

- Okoso zukin (Beauty with Purple Hood) - Korin Ogata sheet number 56/80The beautiful woodblock print 'Okoso zukin' (Beauty with a Purple Hood) is by Koji Fukiya (18981979). 'Okoso zukin' is a cold weather headwear for women that was popular from the Edo to the Meiji period. It is printed on beautiful Japanese washi paper from the Showa era. The artist's signature (block signed) and red seal are located in the upper right corner of the image, while the carver's and printer's names are embossed on the bottom margin. The