Utamaro UTAMARO Japanology Collection / Jun'ichi Okubo

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Kadokawa Sofia Bunko / Ukiyoe artist Kitagawa Utamaro who was good at bijinga (pictures of beautiful women). He became popular with the delicate brushwork of Kyoka picture books published under Juzaburo TSUTAYA such as 『 Ga Honmushin Sen 』 and 『 Hyakuchidori Kyoka Awase 』, and in the early Kansei era, he published a series of soroimono of 『 Nyojo Ninso Jubon 』 including "A daughter who blows a Hoppin?" and Daishu-e depicting portraits of women in one body such as Miyoshi Jin 』 in 『 era, and became a favorite child of the era. Especially in Tsutajuban, he used gorgeous mica sliding as a background to depict women of various ranks and occupations with rich expressions. It is the definitive edition of Utamaro's introduction which explains in detail various works full of excellent technique.