Bijinga

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Before the Mirror by Shinsui Itō is an example of bijin-ga in the shin hanga style.
Before the Mirror by Shinsui Itō is an example of bijin-ga in the shin hanga style.

Bijinga (美人画) is a generic term for beautiful women in Japanese art, especially in woodblock printing of the ukiyo-e genre, which predate photography. The term can also be used for modern mediums of art, provided they conform to a somewhat classic representation of a woman, usually depicted wearing a kimono.

Nearly all ukiyo-e artists produced bijinga, it being one of the central themes of the genre. However, a few, including Suzuki Harunobu, Torii Kiyonaga, and Utamaro, are widely regarded as the greatest innovators and masters of the form.

[edit] Further reading

Hamanoka, Shinji. Female Image: 20th Century Prints of Japanese Beauties. Hotei Publishing 2000. ISBN 90-74822-20-7

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