{"id":6630,"date":"2024-06-17T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T23:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/?p=6630"},"modified":"2024-05-21T11:25:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T02:25:44","slug":"kitagawa-utamaro-ukiyo-e-bijin-ga-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/?p=6630","title":{"rendered":"Kitagawa Utamaro: Ukiyo-e Bijin-ga Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When discussing beauties in ukiyo-e, it is impossible to overlook Kitagawa Utamaro<\/a>. He brought about a revolution in the genre. Until then, it was common to depict the entire body in bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women), but Kitagawa Utamaro focused on bust portraits.<\/p>\n

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The three most beautiful women of Kansei period by Kitagawa Utamaro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Of course, the bust style existed before, particularly in yakusha-e (actor prints). However, it was Kitagawa Utamaro who brought this style into bijin-ga and popularized it. His works, known as “Ōkubi-e” (large-head pictures), became his trademark.<\/p>\n

\"Ten physiognomic types of women\" by Kitagawa Utamaro<\/a>
“Ten physiognomic types of women” by Kitagawa Utamaro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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By focusing on the bust, he was able to close up on facial expressions and emotions. This allowed for a wide range of expressions, including sensuality, and his bijin-ga captivated audiences, becoming incredibly popular.<\/p>\n

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Young Lady Blowing on a Poppin by Kitagawa Utamaro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Kitagawa Utamaro’s bijin-ga was loved by many and came to be recognized as a representative style of beauty in ukiyo-e.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When discussing beauties in ukiyo-e, it is impossible to overlook Kitagawa Utamaro. He brought about a revolution in the genre. Until then, it was common to depict the entire body in bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women), but Kitagawa Utamaro focused on bust portraits.   Of course, the bust style existed before, particularly in yakusha-e (actor prints). However, it was Kitagawa Utamaro who brought this style into bijin-ga and popularized it. His works, known as “\u014ckubi-e” (large-head pictures), became his trademark.   By focusing on the bust, he was able to close up on facial expressions and emotions. This allowed for a wide range of expressions, including sensuality, and his bijin-ga […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/b6b508dee4bb3926793647fd26c7876a.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}