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Honululu, Hawaii: The main focus of "bijinga" prints, or pictures of beautiful women was to capture a fleeting moment in the 18th and 19th century Japan. Photo courtesy: Museum Rietberg Zürich. All images ©Honolulu Museum of Art except otherwise mentioned.
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The Beauty of the Moment
Literally, bijinga means genres features beautiful people of both sexes but depictions of women are much more common.
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Detail from Dancers, ca. 1890, © 2012 Museo delle Culture, Lugano. The theme of 'beautiful women' has a very important place in the photos which were taken by photographers such as Kusakabe Kimbei, the Venetians Felice Beato and Adolfo Farsari.
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Courtesan (Tachi bijin zu) ca. 1710. Both in photography and in prints, the first artworks were black and white and later hand-colored.
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Princess Sannomiya, the Third Princess from the "Tale of Genji" (GEnji Monogatari Onna Sannomiya, ca. 1766.
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Flowers in the Wind ( Hana no kaze) by Utagawa Toyokuni I, active during 1769-1825, ca. 1795-1825.
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Tea house Maidens under a Wisteria Trellis by Kitagawa Utamaro, 1753-1806, ca. 1795. The idealized beauties are elegant and desirable women who may appear as courtesans (including prostitutes of various ranks), geishas (entertainers or performing artists)
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Lovers Sharing an Umbrella (Setchu aiaigasa), 1725?-1770.
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Vulgarly Called the Wanton (Zokuni iu bakuren) - A parent's moralizing spectacles (Kyokun oya no megane) by Kitagawa Utamaro, 1753-1806 ca.1802.
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Morning at the Temporary Lodgings (Karitaku no asa) by Kitagawa Utamaro, 1753-1806, 1801.
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Hanaogi of the Ogiya Brothel House at Edocho Itchome (Edocho Itchome Ogiya no uchi Hanaogi) - A Comparison of Courtesan Flowers, 1753-1806, 1801.
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Tsukasa Dayu of Higashi Ogiya in Osaka's Shinmachi District by Eishosai Choki, active ca. 1780-1809 ca. 1800.
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Preparing to Go Out (Mijimai Geisha) - Comparison of Modern Beauties (Tosei bijin awase) by Utagawa Kunisada I / Toyokuni III, active during 1786-1865, ca. 1830-1831.
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