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  2. Japanese female beauty practices and ideals - Wikipedia

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    Japanese female beauty practices and ideals are a cultural set of standards in relevance to human physical appearance and aesthetics. Distinctive features of Japanese aesthetics have the following qualities: simplicity, elegance, suggestion, and symbolism. [1] Concepts of female beauty originate from its traditional culture which has lasted for ...

  3. Kuchisake-onna - Wikipedia

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    Kuchisake-onna. Kuchisake-onna (口裂け女, 'Slit-Mouthed Woman')[1] is a malevolent figure in Japanese urban legends and folklore. Described as the malicious spirit, or onryō, of a woman, she partially covers her face with a mask or other item and carries a pair of scissors, a knife, or some other sharp object. She is most often described ...

  4. Ukiyo-e - Wikipedia

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    Ukiyo-e [a] is a genre of Japanese art that flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; flora and fauna; and erotica.

  5. Yayoi Kusama - Wikipedia

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    Yayoi Kusama in Speaking Portraits. Yayoi Kusama (草間 彌生, Kusama Yayoi, born 22 March 1929) is a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation, and is also active in painting, performance, video art, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts. Her work is based in conceptual art and shows some attributes of ...

  6. Bijin - Wikipedia

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    Bijin (美人) is a Japanese term which literally means "a beautiful person" [1] and is synonymous with bijo (美女, "beautiful woman"). Girls are usually called bishōjo (美少女), while men are known as bidanshi (美男子) and boys are bishōnen (美少年). The term originally derives from the Middle Chinese word mijX nyin (美人 ...

  7. Ono no Komachi - Wikipedia

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    Ono no Komachi. Ono no Komachi (小野 小町, c. 825 – c. 900[citation needed]) was a Japanese waka poet, one of the Rokkasen —the six best waka poets of the early Heian period. She was renowned for her unusual beauty, and Komachi is today a synonym for feminine beauty in Japan. [1] She also counts among the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals.

  8. List of Japanese women photographers - Wikipedia

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    K. Miho Kajioka (born 1973) Mari Katayama (born 1987), self-portraits with textile sculptures. Rinko Kawauchi (born 1972), serene, poetic style, ordinary moments in life. Aya Kida (born 1974), photographer, winner of the Kimura Ihei Award. Fusako Kodama (born 1945), depicted Japan as a nation of high technology, and life in Tokyo.

  9. Bijin-ga - Wikipedia

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    Kōjien defines bijin-ga as a picture that simply "emphasizes the beauty of women", [1] and the Shincho Encyclopedia of World Art defines it as depiction of "the beauty of a woman's appearance". [2] On the other hand, Gendai Nihon Bijin-ga Zenshū Meisaku-sen I defines bijin-ga as pictures that explore "the inner beauty of women". [ 3 ]