The Female Image: 20th Century Prints of Japanese Beauties (Hardcover)

Product Description
A comprehensive survey of the genre of bijinga (prints of beautiful women) produced in the shin hanga (new print) tradition that evolved in the early 20th century. This bilingual (English/Japanese) publication is lavishly illustrated with works from Japanese, European and American public and private collections. Prints by major artists such as Hashiguchi Goyo (1880-1921), Torii Kotondo (1900-76) and Ito Shinsui (1898-1972) are included, as are examples from more obscure print designers that have rarely been reproduced. An essay by Shinji Hamanaka of the Yamatane Museum of Art in Tokyo regarding the concept of bijinga and by Amy Reigle Newland on the appreciation of shin hanga in the West provide further insight into these aspects.

About the Author
Shinji Hamanaka completed a postgraduate artcourse at the University of Fine Art and Music in Tokyo. Het is working for Yamatane Museum of Fine arts in Tokyo. He has written several articles on jis major field of survey: Pre-modern and modern Japanese pictures. Amy Reigle Newland received a Master of Arts degree in Art History from the University of Washington in Seattle and has since been active as a specialist editor and writer on Japanese prints. She is currently engaged for Hotei Publishing as General Editor of an academic encyclopaedia on Japanese prints.