Woodblock Print by Chikanobu Toyohara: Meiji From Jidai Kagami or Mirror of the Ages, Framed

A plum tree blooms in the corner while she glances off to the side, very composed.

Meiji from Jidai Kagami or Mirror of the Ages is a framed woodblock print by Chikanobu Toyohara (1838-1912), from Japan, dated 1897. It is ink on paper. Chikanobu's Jidai Kagami series portrayed women's fashions and hairstyles across the eras of Japanese history, each paired with a small scene of its time. A woman with an elaborate black coiffure, ornamented with a red and blue comb and pins, looks to her left above a checked kimono. Behind her, a soft pink ground meets an inset scene of a flowering plum tree and figures in red. It is 25.25 inches wide and 21 high.

Fashion history, presented with impeccable poise.