引ひき目め鉤かぎ鼻ばな

noun

Heian-period face-drawing style with slit eyes and hook nose

A stylized way of depicting human faces in Heian-period painting, especially in emaki and courtly illustrations. The eyes are drawn as simple horizontal lines (引目) and the nose as a small hook (鉤鼻).

• 源氏物語絵巻げんじものがたりえまきの人じん物ぶつは、引ひき目め鉤かぎ鼻ばなで描えがかれている。

  The figures in the Tale of Genji picture scrolls are drawn in the hikime-kagibana style.

• 引ひき目め鉤かぎ鼻ばなは、平へい安あん時じ代だいの貴き族ぞくの肖しょう像ぞう画がによく見みられる技ぎ法ほうだ。

  Hikime-kagibana is a technique often seen in Heian-period aristocratic portraits.