Remarkable late 18th century woodblock prints by Japanese master ukiyo-e artist Kitagawa Utamaro (1753–1806). Utamaro is most famous for his rendering of poetic Japanese women from the high to low classes such as these…
But the artist certainly did not show women in their real natural physiognomy. His women are idealized with extremely tall and slender bodies. The heads are twice longer than broad. The noses are extremely long and the eyes and the mouth are depicted as tiny little slits. His women have long necks and small shoulders.
The typical physiognomy of a Japanese woman of the late eighteenth century was certainly far different from the designs of Utamaro. Indeed, his women look more like the models in today’s fashion magazines. –Artelino
[ All images courtesy of the Library of Congress ]
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