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風俗三十二相は芳年美人画の代表作で、明治美人の最高峰といわれている。女性たちが見せる多彩な表情をテーマとしている。三十二相とは仏が備える優れた身体的特徴を数えた仏教用語で、これを女性になぞらえた美人画は江戸時代から描かれているが、芳年作品には、伝統的な美人画表現にとらわれない近代的な視点を感じ取ることができる。
享和年間の朝廷に仕える官女が描かれており、落ち着いた高貴な装束を身に纏い、扇を手にして優雅に佇む「品が良さそう」な女性の気品ある一瞬を捉えている。
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Date: 1888
Size: O-ban
Impression: Good
Condition: Good
Detail: Slight browning
"32 Aspects Women" is Yoshitoshi's masterpiece depicting ladies of the Meiji era and was published in 1888.
The theme of this series is the diverse expressions of women. The works under the title "~So" depict women with rich expressions that are rarely seen in Ukiyo-e of the Edo period. The "thirty-two phases" is a Buddhist term that counts the outstanding physical features of a Buddha, and although beauty paintings that compare women to these phases have been produced since the Edo period, Yoshitoshi's works show a modern perspective that is not bound by the typical expression of beauty painting.
Yoshitoshi was a Ukiyo-e artist who was active from the end of the Edo to the Meiji era.
He created various artworks, and we can see his unique expression styles in each genre of the works.
He was one of the most essential and famous Ukiyo-e artists in the Meiji era and had many pupils who became famous in the Japanese and western fields. Sometimes he is called "The last Ukiyo-e artist."
Many writers also loved him, such as Tanizaki Junichiro, Mishima Yukio, and Edogawa Ranpo. Moreover, the beautiful and fascinating artworks that he continued to create even though he was suffering from a mental disorder enthralled people worldwide.
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