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Sugatami Shichinin Keshō
''Sugatami Shichinin Keshō'' (, "Seven Women Applying Make-up Using a Mirror", ) is the title of what was likely a seven-print series by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Kitagawa Utamaro. Only one print from the presumed series is known, and is believed to be of the tea-house girl Naniwa O-Kita. The print has also appeared under the title ''Bijin Keshō no Zu'' (, "Picture of Woman Applying Makeup"). Description The vertical ''nishiki-e'' multicolour print is in ''o-ban'' size—about . It was published by Tsutaya Jūzaburō and is signed ''Utamaro ga'' (, "drawn by Utamaro"). The mirror's background is dusted with mica to give it a glittering effect. The print bears the title ''Sugatami Shichinin Keshō'', which suggests it was—or was intended to be—part of a seven-print series. The young woman in the print is seen from behind, her body Image cropping, cropped off the right edge. Her face appears reflected as she peers into a large mirror with her right hand on her hair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Kitagawa Utamaro ( ja, 喜多川 歌麿; – 31 October 1806) was a Japanese artist. He is one of the most highly regarded designers of ukiyo-e woodblock prints and paintings, and is best known for his ''Bijin-ga, bijin ōkubi-e'' "large-headed pictures of beautiful women" of the 1790s. He also produced nature studies, particularly illustrated books of insects. Little is known of Utamaro's life. His work began to appear in the 1770s, and he rose to prominence in the early 1790s with his portraits of beauties with exaggerated, elongated features. He produced over 2000 known prints and was one of the few ukiyo-e artists to achieve fame throughout Japan in his lifetime. In 1804 he was arrested and manacled for fifty days for making illegal prints depicting the 16th-century military ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and died two years later. Utamaro's work reached Europe in the mid-nineteenth century, where it was very popular, enjoying particular acclaim in France. He influen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
