Vol. 3June 2026
Cover of 当世女装一斑
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A Glimpse of Modern Women's Dress

当世女装一斑

泉鏡花 · Japanese

Beginning with a hypothetical nude beauty, Izumi Kyoka catalogs every bath tool, cosmetic, hair ornament, and undergarment a Meiji woman wore to complete her toilette.

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Beginning with a hypothetical nude beauty, Izumi Kyoka catalogs every bath tool, cosmetic, hair ornament, and undergarment a Meiji woman wore to complete her toilette. A lush inventory of late nineteenth-century ritual.

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