{"product_id":"ito-shinsui-bijin-ga-paperback","title":"Ito Shinsui Bijin-ga - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCristina Berna\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEric Thomsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShinsui Ito was born 4 February 1898 in the Fukagawa district of Tokyo and died 8 May 1972.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShinsui Itō was his pseudonym.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShinsui designed mostly bijin-ga and only more occasionally landscape prints, see \u003cem\u003eShinsui Ito Landscapes\u003c\/em\u003e by authors. Bijin-ga is \"pretty ladies\", akin to pin-up art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBijin-ga (美人画, びじんが, \"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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the age of ten, young Hajime found employment at the Tokyo Printing Company after his father s business went bankrupt, and here he began to show serious interest and talent in Nihonga, Japanese-style painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1911 he was introduced to Kaburagi Kiyokata, a renowned painter, and became Kiyokata's student. It was Kiyokata that gave Hajime his artist's name, Shinsui. When Shinsui was eighteen years old, his paintings were seen by the publisher Watanabe Shozaburo at an exhibition at Kiyokata's art school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUkiyo-e itself is a genre of woodblock prints and paintings that was produced in Japan from the 17th century to the 19th century. The prints were very popular amongst the Japanese merchants and the middle class of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 118\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 13, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47936715915512,"sku":"9789873090103","price":73.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/rosIErvmmb9789873090103.webp?v=1769658650","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/ito-shinsui-bijin-ga-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}