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| | Bunka Era Kabuki |
 | | The Bunka Era figure, for example, whatever the faults Hillier found with it, is still capable of standing alone against a blank ground and holding its own, for the sole interest of its lines and colors. |
| | In sum, the Bunka Era is a transitional period between the old, classic style of ukiyo-e, and the new, nineteenth century canon to follow, combining much of the grace, skillfulness and care of "golden age" prints with a new, explicit, melodramatic and sometimes even violent set of representational conventions. |
| | Although the overblown kabuki style of the Bunka Era, with bug-eyed actors in paroxysms of emotion, was not to be continued in nineteenth century kabuki depiction, the exchange of subtlety for grand gesture, quiet mood for active, is typical of the movement of the age. |
| www.ukiyo-e-world.com /ukiyo-e/bunka-kabuki.asp (1408 words) |
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