Shinhanga print “The Fragrance of a Bath” by Itō Shinsui
The Fragrance of Bath, by Itō Shinsui Title: The Fragrance of a Bath Author: Itō Shinsui Year: 1930 Size: 40.8 cm x 25.8 cm
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Shinhanga print “After the Bath”, by Itō Shinsui
After the Bath, by Itō Shinsui Title: After the Bath Author: Itō Shinsui Year: 1917 Size: 27.9 cm x 42.5 cm
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Shinhanga print “Before the Mirror”, by Itō Shinsui
Before the Mirror, by Itō Shinsui Title: Before the Mirror Author: Itō Shinsui Year: 1917 Size: 44.45 cm x 29.05 cm
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Shinhanga print “Passing Rain” by Ito Shinsui
Passing Rain, by Itō Shinsui Title: Passing Rain Author: Itō Shinsui Year: 1917 Size: 44.3 cm x 30.5 cm
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Kitagawa Utamaro’s art woodblcok prints of Okita
Naniwa-ya Okita, one of the most famous model of Utamaro’s woodblock prints Among the ukiyo-e artists in Japan, Kitagawa Utamaro was second to none in beautiful woman portrait(bijinga). He painted various pictures of middle class women in Edo, but especially Naniwa-ya Okita appeared in many works. But originally she was only a town girl. The woman who is in the right of
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Kitagawa Utamaro’s “Flowers of Edo” bijinga ukiyo-e art prints
“Flowers of Edo:Girl Ballad Singers”(江戸の花娘浄瑠璃) “Flowers of Edo: Girl Ballad Singers” are works of the later years of Kitagawa Utamaro (1753?-1806) who was an ukiyo-e artist specializing in beautiful women portrait. He painted two girls playing the shamisen (三味線) and sang for joruri (浄瑠璃). Flowers of Edo, Momiji Flowers of Edo, Tsubaki In 1803, a few years after Tsutaya
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Utagawa Kunisada (the third Toyokuni), his biography and woodblock prints
The biography and woodblock prints of Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) was the one of the most popular ukiyo-e artists at the end of the Tokugawa period as well as Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳), among the disciples of the first Toyokuni (豊国). In contrast to his younger disciple, he was a serious person and always neatly dressed. Sponsored Links
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“Anthology of Poems: The Love Section” ukiyo-e art prints by Kitagawa Utamaro
“Anthology of Poems: The Love Section” (歌撰恋之部, Kasen koino-bu) <a title=”Kitagawa Utamaro. Expert of beautiful women ukiyo-e” href=”http://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/paintings/ukiyoe-wood-block-printing/kitagawa-utamaro-expert-beautiful-women-ukiyo-e”><strong>Kitagawa Utamaro</strong> (1753?-1806</a>) who had become one of the most notable artists in the <a title=”“Ukiyo-e” – Japanese woodblock printings” href=”http://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/paintings/ukiyoe-wood-block-printing/ukiyoe”>ukiyo-e</a> world of beautiful women portrait by acquiring a new painting method, published “Anthology of Poems: The Love Section” around 1793. The title
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Kitagawa Utamaro; biography and print artworks
Biography of Kitagawa Utamaro(1753?-1806) When talking about portraying beautiful women of ukiyo-e prints, we can’t describe it without touching on Kitagawa Utamaro (喜多川歌麿). He developed the new ways to draw Edo women and it made him as a maestro of bijinga(printing of beautiful women portrait). It is unclear when and where he was born exactly
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