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	Viewing Japanese Prints: Bijin-ga
		Bijinga ("pictures of beautiful women") was from the inception of ukiyo-e a principal genre for Japanese printmakers.
		Artists in the 20th-century shin hanga movement modified the traditional approach by blending western painting and printmaking models with the Japanese painting styles (see, for example, the comparison between Goyo and Utamaro).
		The decorative aspects of Kotondo's prints are infused with a contemplative, nostalgic mood that is so often associated with bijinga of the shin hanga movement.
	optometry.berkeley.edu /~fiorillo/texts/topictexts/artist_varia_topics/bijin3.html (736 words)

	Geishas & Japanese Beauties 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Amber Lotus’ striking new Geishas & Japanese Beauties 2006 wall calendar is an elegant presentation of the genre of “bijinga” (prints of beautiful women) that evolved in early twentieth century Japan.
		Bijinga prints depicted everyday women; waitresses, geishas and courtesans, rather than the more formal representations created for the aristocracy and royalty.
		Bijinga prints celebrate the Japanese ideals of beauty and femininity and uniquely capture this time in history.
	www.amberlotus.com /geishas-06-cal.html (182 words)

	Shoen UEMURA-The Japanese Master and his works-日本繪畫大師與作品
		She had a strong interest in "Bijinga" drawings (images portraying the beauty of women) over her entire lifetime, which spanned the Meiji, Taisho and Showa eras.
		Her style involved sharpening the sense of color of "Bijinga" paintings and developing them into works of art rather than sketches.
		She became a household name when she was granted the third prize for "Nagayo" in the 1st Bunten Exhibition of 1907 and for "Tsukikage " in the 2nd Exhibition the next year.
	www.lingnanart.com /J-master-shoen.htm (302 words)

	Geisha Calendar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		This Geisha calendar is an elegant presentation of the genre of bijinga (prints of beautiful women) that evolved in early twentieth century Japan.
		Bijinga prints depicted everyday women; waitresses, geishas, actresses and courtesans, rather than the more artistic representations created for the aristocracy and royalty.
		Bijinga prints celebrate the Japanese ideals of beauty and feminity and artfully capture this time in Japanese history.
	www.calendarclub.co.uk /product.asp?IID=5310&PID=1&MGID=-1&kbid=1041&sub=calendarsonsale (141 words)

	Japanese ukiyo-e painter GOYOH OHTAKE_Welcome
		Accepted as an apprentice to the bijinga master, Shinsui Ito.
		His fresh world of bijinga, created using these time-honored traditional methods, is gracefully gorgeous and delicate beyond compare.
		While respecting the traditions passed down by the masters, his unique works create a sublime world of bijinga filled with a sense of elegance that captures the heart of the viewer, permanently.
	www.goyoh.com /html3/greeting_e.html (380 words)

	Traditional Japanese fashion, by the seasons \| csmonitor.com
		They were the fashion plates of the time and place - the Edo period in Japan, extending from about 1600 to 1868.
		When artists in the West became aware of these prints in the 19th century, they were enchanted and influenced by them.
		Keisai Eisen's bijinga became popular in the later Edo period, called the Bunsei era.
	www.csmonitor.com /2005/0928/p18s04-hfes.htm (371 words)

	Japanese Nihonga Paintings, Scrolls
		Shinsui was in fact central to the popularization of the term bijinga, which is said to have begun around 1915 following the establishment of a "bijinga room" at the Bunten.
		Shinsui's bijinga were influenced by his own teacher Kaburaki Kiyokata (1868 - 1972), a distinguished painter of beautiful women who has been described as the "last artist of Edo Ukiyo-e," and Tateishi Harumi may be seen as the inheritor of this artistic lineage.
		Harumi was an emerging talent at the time he became Shinsui's student: in particular he astounded his new teacher and fellow students with his skills at sketching, a technique he first studied under the Western-style painter Kajiwara.
	www.kagedo.com /collections/nihonga/scrolls/slides/K5_9.html (651 words)

	Nihonga Beauty Painting by Tetsu Hitsu
		His major focus was historical painting and bijinga or paintings of beautiful women.
		His first acceptance at a government sponsored exhibition came with the 7th Teiten in 1926, and he continued to exhibit at the Teiten annually through 1934.
		A review of Katsuda Tetsu's exhibition paintings shows the first of his bijinga of fusion type (beauties with chic Western associations) at the 11th Teiten in 1930.
	www.kagedo.com /collections/nihonga/framed/slides/K5_22.html (504 words)

	Viewing Japanese Prints: Shinsui
		Shinsui modified the traditional imagery to suit the Japanese taste of his time (and often to please foreign buyers).
		During his lifetime Shinsui's impressive portraits earned him a preeminent position as a designer of 'bijinga' ("pictures of beautiful women") in the 'shin hanga' ("new prints") manner, and he is held in equally high esteem today.
		Although known primarily for his 'bijinga', Shinsui also created some fine landscape designs.
	spectacle.berkeley.edu /~fiorillo/texts/shinhangatexts/shinhanga_pages/shinsui3.html (696 words)

	Beauties of the Four Seasons at The Ashmolean \| Art Knowledge News
		The development of the bijinga style during the Golden Age of ukiyo-e (1781-1817) represented the transition from the emotional romanticism illustrated by artists such as Harunobu to a more naturalistic representation.
		Utamaro, one of the most popular bijinga artists, was fascinated by the emotional expressions of women in daily life.
		From the Bunsei era (1818-1829) images of bijinga echoed the decadent mood of the last days of the rule of the Tokugawa Shōgunate and gradually ukiyo-e artists such as Kikukawa Eizan (1787-1867) began to focus on the seductive nature of the bijinga.
	www.artknowledgenews.com /?q=node/804 (373 words)

	Hokusai's bijinga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Re: Hokusai's bijinga Anders Rikardson 21:19:38 7/22/99 (
		Re: Re: Hokusai's bijinga clair 09:08:02 01/18/01 (
		Re: Re: Hokusai's bijinga shakeel 11:49:53 08/23/02 (
	www.secutor.se /Archive1/messages/671.html (68 words)

	Amazon.com: The Passionate Art of Kitawaga Utamaro (2 Volume Set): Books: Shugo Asano,Timothy Clark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The preeminence given to these women, as well as the use of the word "passionate" in the catalogue's title, implies that the emphasis of this exhibition is on the erotic aspect of Utamaro's work.
		In the eyes of Asano and Clark, Utamaro's insects, actor prints, and landscape pictures are quite clearly secondary in importance to the bijinga.
		While this emphasis on the bijinga prints may not seem surprising, given that this is the subject of a large portion of Utamaro's work, I suspect that the treatment of these bijinga prints also has to do with the fact that the organizers of the exhibition wish to emphasize the universal appeal of Utamaro's work.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/071411474X?v=glance (888 words)

	Jonathan's Recent Entries
		Throughout Bijinga’s long speech, of how this would better the entire Dark Empire, he had paid little attention to detail about how great the victory was over the Light ones.
		Roy, after being sent off on Bijinga’s orders, decided that this was no longer the life to live.
		Roy and his crew commandeered the ship he was upon now, making sure that all the guards about it knew that on Bijinga’s orders he was to use this ship.
	www.blurty.com /users/twistedpuppet (9771 words)

	Paragon Book Gallery \| Browse Subjects \| Full Citation
		The Female Image is a comprehensive survey of the genre of bijinga (''prints of beautiful women'') produced in the shin hanga (''new print'') tradition that evolved in the early 20th century.
		Included are not only prints by major artists such as Hashiguchi Goyt (1880-1921), Torii Kotondo (1900-76) and Itt Shinsui (1898-1972), but also examples from more obscure print designers which have rarely been reproduced.
		An essay by Shinji Hamanaka of the Yamatane Museum of Art in Tokyo regarding the concept of bijinga and by Amy Reigle Newland on the appreciation of shin hanga in the West provide further insight into aspects of bijinga and shin hanga.
	www.paragonbook.com /html/browsesubj/fullcitation.cfm?item=16282 (150 words)

	New Exhibit (Pacific Asia Museum) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		This small exhibit will feature paintings and prints of beautiful women from the Museum's outstanding collection of Edo period (1600–1868) Japanese paintings.
		Such paintings, known in Japanese as bijinga (literally, "pictures of beautiful women"), depict courtesans and other women from the pleasure quarters of Japan's cities.
		These women often wore the most elaborate and fashionable kimonos and hairstyles of the day, the details of which are exquisitely rendered in pigments on silk and paper.
	www.pacificasiamuseum.org /calendar/bijinga.htm (131 words)

	Japanese ukiyo-e painter GOYOH OHTAKE_Site Map
		Since entering the tutelage of the master painter of Japanese bijinga (paintings of beautiful women), Shinsui Ito, in 1950, Goyoh Ohtake has been immersed in the artist’s life for more than half a century.
		This introduces the appeal and importance of yatate (portable brush and ink) and sketch as taught by Shinsui It?.
		Information about Goyoh Ohtake’s bijinga exhibitions and also other exhibitions, both in Japan and abroad, where many of his works can be seen.
	www.goyoh.com /html3/sitemap_e.html (266 words)

	Tsunetomi Kitano
		Tsunetomi Kitano had a job as an illustrator for a local Osaka newspaper.
		Tsunetomi soon became the dominant painter and printmaker for bijinga - images of beautiful women - in Osaka.
		Kitano had developed a style of his own - traditional and modern at the same time.
	www.artelino.com /articles/tsunetomi_kitano.asp?mey=27 (298 words)

	Choki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		He is thought to have studied under Toriyama Sekien (1712–88), the teacher of KITAGAWA UTAMARO.
		Choki specialized in compositions of beautiful women (bijinga), sometimes with little or no background but more often with atmospheric backgrounds in which there is a limited sense of depth.
		He was influenced by Utamaro, Torii Kiyonaga and TOSHUSAI SHARAKU, but developed his own style of tall, slender figure.
	www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/C/Choki/Choki.htm (229 words)

	Francis Britto CCG1999 isachi18 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The stream did not change, but with the death of Utamaro, who was a great artist especially of bijinga, the great period of the human figures was over.
		Then, in addition to bijinga and yakusha-e, another new theme came out.
		It became the most popular subject in the late Edo period.
	pweb.sophia.ac.jp /~britto/geekids/task18/isachi18.html (1460 words)

	International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA)
		He may have been a student of the ukiyoe artist, Ishikawa Yukimoto.
		Buncho is primarily known for his hosoban (narrow format),yakushae (pictures of actors), and bijinga (pictures of beautiful women) prints.
		He collaborated with Harunoba and Shunsho in 1770 to produce Ehon butai ogi (a picture book of stage fans) which challenged the traditional dominance of theatre illustration.
	www.printdealers.com /artist_template.cfm?id=210 (126 words)

	Re: Hokusai's bijinga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		In Reply to: Hokusai's bijinga posted by Federica Intorcia on June 02, 1999 at 20:12:24:
		You should try to find Seji Nagata's book - Hokusai Museum (Japenese only); 5vols, one volume is dealing with Hokusai's Bijin Paintings, Prints and Illustrated Books.
		Also Richard Lane has published numerous of books in japanese about shunga wich also deals with Hokusai' design concepts of women.
	www.secutor.se /Archive1/messages/729.html (170 words)

	artnet.com: Resource Library: Ippitsusai Buncho (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		In its eclecticism, his style resembles that of his contemporaries, Katsukawa Shunsho (see KATSUKAWA, (1)) and SUZUKI HARUNOBU, who incorporated a lyricism with a naturalistic depiction of the subject.
		From 1769 to 1774 he designed bijinga, including Chayamusume Kasamori Osen (‘Osen of the Kasamori teahouse’; untraced) and Miko no Ohatsu (‘The miko Ohatsu’; untraced).
		His women have high noses, pointed eyes, flat foreheads, thick eyebrows and pursed lips, giving them a cynical, sterile charm.
	www.artnet.com /library/04/0414/T041461.asp (335 words)

	Soka Gakkai--NEWS: 2002 Newsletters-"Hokusai and Hiroshige" Japanese Art Exhibit Currently Showing at Tokyo Fuji Art ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		His passion for art never waned and he eventually formed his own unique style that combined these varied influences.
		Meanwhile, Hiroshige was apprenticed to Utagawa Toyohiro at the age of 15 and concentrated on portraying beautiful courtesans in the bijinga style early in his career.
		During the late 1820s, however, his works focused on landscapes depicting the poetic nature of Japan's four distinctive seasons.
	sokagakkai.info /html3/news3/newsletters3/02newsltrs3/n3_020119-f.html (339 words)

	Carolyn Staley Fine Japanese Prints (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		This lovely print is a deluxe impression in fine condition; the rain is polished as in lacquer or mica printing (egg tempera?).
		The series features the many-sides to the Meiji woman, as the traditional bijinga has always portrayed the changing styles of dress and culture.
		Some prints in the series illustrate the latest fashion imports, with commentaries on modern manners in the upper cartouche.
	www.carolynstaleyprints.com /prints/6860.01.html (97 words)

	Kunisada: Kunisada Print Gallery and Biography from Castle Fine Arts
		An Ukiyo-e painter and printmaker who lived in Edo (Tokyo), Kunisada became a pupil of Toyokuni (I) at 15 and took the name Kunisada.
		Known for book illustrations, actor's portraits and bijinga, he produced his first work in 1807.
		In 1844, he took the name Toyokuni III by which he is perhaps even more well known.
	www.castlefinearts.com /Japanese_fine_arts_woodblock_prints/Kunisada_Biography.aspx (153 words)

	Ito Shinsui
		Other publishers were Isetatsu, the Yomiuri Newspaper Company and Katsumura.
		Shunsui was a master of bijinga - images of beautiful women in a sensual, refined, technically perfect and appealing manner.
		The artist's bijinga are marked by a frequent use of a light gray background and red or blue colors in the garment.
	www.artelino.com /articles/ito_shinsui.asp (369 words)

	The Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art - Fall 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		This fall’s exhibition looks at women in Japanese painting not simply as fashion plates and objects of the male artist’s desiring gaze, but also for what these representations can tell us about societal ideals of model female behavior and attitude.
		These paintings become more than simply bijinga (beautiful women paintings) and their models more than poster girls as they reveal more general attitudes toward women of all classes and their expected role in society.
		Focusing primarily on paintings of the Edo period from the Ukiyo-e, Kano, Tosa, and Nanga schools, the exhibition reaches beyond images of the beauties of the Edo pleasure quarters to examine the many ways in which predominantly male artistic production contributed toward defining women’s place in society.
	www.shermanleeinstitute.org /exhibition-fall05.html (617 words)

	Hiroshige - Biography
		Hiroshige did not immediately begin to produce landscape prints.
		Up to about 1830 his main output consisted of prints of beautiful women (bijinga) and actors (yakushae).
		At the same time he tried his hand at deluxe prints and book illustrations.
	www.hiroshige.org.uk /hiroshige/main/biography.htm (659 words)

	Seattle - Seattle Art Museum - Museum - AOL CityGuide
		If your knowledge of Asian culture is limited to restaurants, fill it in here.
		Ranked in the top 10 collections of Asian art outside Asia, it includes a plethora of fine examples such as the Japanese Bijinga (beautiful women), Literati (self-expression) and Yamotoe (landscapes) paintings.
		Buddhist heads and figures peer down on porcelain dishware and fired pottery.
	cityguide.aol.com /seattle/entertainment/venue.adp?sbid=111465975 (422 words)

	Glossary of Terms - Castle Fine Arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Depicted as a beautiful woman, she bestows ability, wisdom, and good fortune.
		Bijin (beautiful women): Bijinga were pictures of beautiful women.
		Bikuni: a Buddhist nun; also a disguise adopted by itinerant prostitutes.
	www.castlefinearts.com /main_glossary.htm (3204 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Volume 6 from the Gendai Nippon Bijinga Zen Shuu Series (folio)
		Volume 8 from the Gendai Nippon Bijinga Zen Shuu Series (folio)
		Volume 12 from the Gendai Nippon Bijinga Zen Shuu Series (folio)
	216.14.213.101 /booklist.htm (305 words)

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