Shima

19" 7-strand goldstone, gold plated clasp

*Each piece in our Perennial Collection is made-to-order and hand-strung. Please allow 2-4 weeks for delivery.

Shima Seien worked as a Nihonga painter at a time when few women in Japan were able to pursue art as a profession. Throughout her career, she struggled against overt discrimination against women artists. This frustration is palpable in her 1918 painting “Untitled'“, in which a woman in a black kimono sits on the floor, her hair disheveled, staring directly at the viewer. Under one eye spreads an ugly bruise, as if she has just been struck.