jung:

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fromthefloatingworld:

Shin-hanga (新版画)

Shin-hanga (literally, “new woodblock prints”) was an art movement in the Taisho and Showa periods. These artists combined ukiyo-e traditions and subject matter with Western influences, such as Realism. Many of the scenes depicted in shin-hanga were very nostalgic, contrasting with the changes in Japanese society. It began to decline during wartime as the government imposed strict controls over art.

The above work was produced by Ito Shinsui, one of the great artists of shin-hanga.

(出典: brooklynmuseum.org)

fromthefloatingworld:

The final torii (by simplyspike)

okiya:

Ponta and O-Yen with two Hangyoku (1890)

“Ponta and O-Yen (Oen) were two famous Shinbashi Geisha. O-Yen (centre - standing) was renowned throughout Japan for her Cherry Dance and Ponta (far left) was considered one of the most Iki (stylish or chic) geisha of the 1890s. At the time this photograph was taken O-Yen was around twenty years old and Ponta was around seventeen.

Shinbashi geisha became the new elite during the Meiji period (1880s), overtaking the long established Yanagibashi as the most prestigious Hanamachi (geisha district) in Tokyo. Favoured by Government officials and the nouveau riche, Shinbashi attracted women just as ambitious and ruthless as their clients. The novel “Rivalry” by Nagai Kafu, first published in 1918, gives an account of the convoluted politics and tangled social relationships that surrounded the Shinbashi Hanamachi.” (source)

stunfiskgirl:

an-outlet-of-sorts:

Artist: 有寺

this is adorable