KUNISADA, Utagawa. Bijin-ga. Xilografia a colori. 175x115 mm. Impressione eccellente con aggiunta di pigmenti metallici quali oro e argento con effetti di goffratura nel colletto bianco e nel naso. Piccole macchie d’umidità, al verso carta di supporto. Ritratto a mezzo busto di una cortigiana con uno stuzzicadenti. Sullo sfondo, in una scenografia di mare impetuoso, nuota un pesce mostruoso. Emerge dalla piega del Kimono un rotolo di carta, un’evidente allusione a Murasaki Shibuku, autrice del Genji Monogatari, di cui Kunisada illustrò una celebre parodia, il romanzo "Nise Murasaki inaka Genji", pubblicato a puntate dal 1829 al 1842.Bijin-ga (?dipinti di belle donne?) è un termine generico che indica immagini di belle donne (bijin) nell'arte giapponese, specie nella xilografia del genere ukiyo-e.
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Color woodcut. 175x115 mm. Excellent impression with metallic pigments, silver and gold, and blind printing (white collar, nasal bone), backed, moisture stains. Glued on cardboard. (356) Breast portrait of a courtesan with toothpick, behind the portrait monstrous fish in rushing tides. Emerging from the fold of the kimono is a roll of paper, an obvious allusion to Murasaki Shibuku, author of the Genji Monogatari, of which Kunisada illustrated a famous parody, the novel "Nise Murasaki inaka Genji," published serially from 1829 to 1842.Bijin-ga (beautiful person picture) is a generic term for pictures of beautiful women (bijin) in Japanese art, especially in woodblock printing of the ukiyo-e genre.
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