Playing with the basic blocks of 'Tasogare' (from our Special Prints collection), 'Kioynaga no Kiseru' adds a motif taken from a triptych design by the 18th century artist Torii Kiyonaga. The original print shows a group of beauties enjoying a spring snowfall, and the central figure reaches up with her long bamboo pipe to the newly formed icicles hanging from the eaves to knock them off.

Binnie weaves this motif into the tattoo, which reaches up to the silver earring of the model - printed with silver - to tap it with her pipe. Pipes appear on the floor cushion while the baren sujizuri background in swirling, shaded black and grey is shared with all the designs of the Edo Zumi series, which is in our Blue Rim collection.