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Ukiyo-e itself is a genre of woodblock prints and paintings that was produced in Japan from the 17th century to the 19th century. The prints were very popular amongst the Japanese
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contributed to the evolution of ukiyo-e techniques and styles, with the aim of maximizing the realistic expression of a real beauty living in the artists' time period.
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is stylized rather than an attempt to create a realistic image; For example, throughout the
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as pictures that explore "the inner beauty of women". For this reason, the essence of
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defines it as depiction of "the beauty of a woman's appearance". On the other hand,
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as a picture that simply "emphasizes the beauty of women", and the
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Shinchō sekai bijutsu jiten = Shincho encyclopedia of world art
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cannot always be expressed only through the depiction of a
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Female Image: 20th Century Prints of Japanese Beauties
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is a generic term for pictures of beautiful women (
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Three Beauties of the Present Day
Utamaro
bijin
Japanese art
woodblock printing
ukiyo-e
Kōjien
bijin
Edo period
hikimayu
merchants
middle class
Meiji period
synthetic dyes
Utamaro
Suzuki Harunobu
Itō Shinsui
Toyohara Chikanobu
Uemura Shōen
Torii Kiyonaga
Bijin-ga by Keisai Eisen (1790–1848)
Keisai Eisen
Woman Visiting the Shrine in the Night by Suzuki Harunobu (1725–1770)
Suzuki Harunobu

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