Bijin
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Bijin is a Japanese term which literally means "a beautiful person" and is synonymous with bijo. Girls are usually called bishōjo, while men are known as bidanshi and boys are bishōnen. The term origi
Shin Bijin (1897) by Yōshū Chikanobu
Bijin Shichi Yōka (1878) by Yoshitoshi
Three Beauties of the Present Time (1793) by Utamaro
Byakuren Yanagiwara, one of the Three Beauties of Taishō period
Suzuki Harunobu
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Suzuki Harunobu was a Japanese designer of woodblock print art in the ukiyo-e style. He was an innovator, the first to produce full-color prints in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- an
Two girls, c. 1750
Lovers Beneath an Umbrella in the Snow
Young Man Playing Flute
The Kagura Dancer, circa 1766