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Japanese Aesthetics
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japaneseaesthetics · 12 days ago
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Kitagawa Utamaro, Preparing a Meal, 1793
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japaneseaesthetics · 13 days ago
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Travel scene.   Ukiyo-e woodblock print. Mid 1800’s, Japan, by artist Utagawa Kunisada I
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japaneseaesthetics · 14 days ago
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Kitagawa Utamaro, Masako from Mino Province, c. 1804
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japaneseaesthetics · 16 days ago
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Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Priest Huiyuan (Eon Hōshi), from the series Three Laughers at Children's Playful Spirits (Kokei ni sanshō), c. 1802
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japaneseaesthetics · 18 days ago
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Kitagawa Utamaro, Earthworm and Cricket, 1788
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japaneseaesthetics · 19 days ago
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Kitagawa Utamaro, Yoshiwara Picture Book of New Year’s Festivities, vol. 1, 1804
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japaneseaesthetics · 20 days ago
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Kitagawa Utamaro, Takashima Ohisa Using Two Mirrors to Observe Her Coiffure, ca. 1795
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japaneseaesthetics · 20 days ago
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Kitagawa Utamaro, Mirror, from the series “Eight Views of Tea-stalls in Celebrated Places" ("Meisho koshikake hakkei"), 1790
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japaneseaesthetics · 25 days ago
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Tiger in a Rainstorm
Katayama Yōkoku
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japaneseaesthetics · 27 days ago
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Folktale ukiyo-e woodblock print depicting Kesa, wife of Watanabe dressing her long hair in preparation for death.  Circa about 1840’s, Japan.  Artist Utagawa Kunisada
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japaneseaesthetics · 27 days ago
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Kitagawa Utamaro, Couple in a Boat, c. 1799
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japaneseaesthetics · 28 days ago
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Kitagawa Utamaro, Act Eleven from the series "The Chushingura Drama Parodied by Famous Beauties (Komei bijin mitate Chushingura Junimai Kuzuki)", 1790
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japaneseaesthetics · 29 days ago
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Kitagawa Utamaro, Women gathering for tooth blackening ceremony
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japaneseaesthetics · 1 month ago
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Girl falling through the air with an umbrella as parachute.  Main detail of a hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, early 19th century, Kyoto, Japan by artist Shinryo. MFA                              
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japaneseaesthetics · 1 month ago
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Kitagawa Utamaro, Red Dragonfly (Akatonbo); Locust (Inago), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami), 1788
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japaneseaesthetics · 1 month ago
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Kitagawa Utamaro, Courtesan Karakot
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japaneseaesthetics · 1 month ago
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Kitagawa Utamaro, Geisha and Attendant on a Rainy Night, 1792
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