Beauty looking back/ 見返り美人図

Hishikawa Moronobu contributed to the improvement in the value of Ukiyo-e as artwork. Ukiyo-e used to be merely an illustration of books and is not regarded as an artwork. His representative work, Beauty looking back, made contemporary people realize the underestimation of Ukiyo-e and motivated them to consider Ukiyo-e as one artwork. The characteristics of this artwork are knees that are bent slightly and women with long faces. In addition, the delicacy depicting the designs of kimonos that women wear is a noteworthy point. Life in Heian court is drawn in detail on Kimono.