Women celebrated by the great masters of printmaking.
Hazan| N° d'inventaire | 22204 |
| Format | 17 x 25 |
| Détails | 184 p., leporello and booklet in box. |
| Publication | Paris, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782754111096 |
This box set celebrates the theme of women and their beauty, so important in Japanese art, through a selection of the most famous prints of the ancestral genre of bijin-ga ("images of beautiful women"). After a century of civil wars, the Edo period (1600-1868) opened with a period of relative peace and social stability and saw the emergence of a new urban and merchant bourgeoisie: the chônin. The latter were passionate about portraits of beautiful women and the heroes of literature and kabuki. Women then seduced artists who responded to this craze and fervently launched themselves into the art of bijin-ga, representing them in all their incarnations (courtesan, young girl, mother, famous poetess, etc.) and in a multitude of attitudes: doing their hair, lounging in their homes, indulging in floral art, playing cards or even observing the cherry blossoms (hanami)... A true celebration of women, this box set, accompanied by an explanatory booklet, displays in accordion format nearly a hundred works by the greatest masters of Japanese prints: from Utamaro, Eisui and Eishi to Hokusai, without forgetting Eizan, Kunisada and Yoshitoshi, these prints sublimate faces, gestures and feminine beauty. Delicate colors or exuberant patterns of the kimonos, delicacy of the hairstyles and richness of the adornments reveal the virtuosity and refinement of these timeless artists.
This box set celebrates the theme of women and their beauty, so important in Japanese art, through a selection of the most famous prints of the ancestral genre of bijin-ga ("images of beautiful women"). After a century of civil wars, the Edo period (1600-1868) opened with a period of relative peace and social stability and saw the emergence of a new urban and merchant bourgeoisie: the chônin. The latter were passionate about portraits of beautiful women and the heroes of literature and kabuki. Women then seduced artists who responded to this craze and fervently launched themselves into the art of bijin-ga, representing them in all their incarnations (courtesan, young girl, mother, famous poetess, etc.) and in a multitude of attitudes: doing their hair, lounging in their homes, indulging in floral art, playing cards or even observing the cherry blossoms (hanami)... A true celebration of women, this box set, accompanied by an explanatory booklet, displays in accordion format nearly a hundred works by the greatest masters of Japanese prints: from Utamaro, Eisui and Eishi to Hokusai, without forgetting Eizan, Kunisada and Yoshitoshi, these prints sublimate faces, gestures and feminine beauty. Delicate colors or exuberant patterns of the kimonos, delicacy of the hairstyles and richness of the adornments reveal the virtuosity and refinement of these timeless artists.