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how peculiar to see this, rare and enchanting somehow.

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high school musical was right we are all in this together

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MWW Artwork of the Day (3/14/20) Uemura Shoen (Japanese, 1875-1949) Preparing to Dance (1914) Ink and color on paper, 170 x 202 cm. National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

Uemura Shoen was the pseudonym of an important artist in Meiji, Taisho and early Showa period Japanese painting. Her real name was Uemura Tsune. Shoen was known primarily for her bijin-ga paintings of beautiful women in the nihonga style, although she produced numerous works on historical themes and traditional subjects. Shoen is considered a major innovator in the bijin-ga genre despite the fact she often still used it to depict the traditional beauty standards of women. Bijin-ga gained criticism during the Taisho era while Shoen worked due to its lack of evolution to reflect the more modern statuses of women in Japan. During bijin-ga’s conception in the Tokugawa, or Edo, period, women were regarded as lower class citizens and the genre often reflected this implication onto its female subjects. Within the Taisho era, women had made several advancements into the Japanese workforce, and artistry specifically was becoming more popular outside of pass times for the elite, which opened way for Shoen’s success.

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Reclining woman in a white chemise (Liegende Frau im weiβen Hemd) 1909 Oil on canvas 95.0 x 121.0cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

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reminds me of matisse