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Got Buzzed

Filipino Regency, Based on art from the early half of the 1800s

Some lil Bandits

Torii Kotondo Morning Hair

This image was considered so wildly provocative in 1930s Japan, that it was banned from further publication, remaining prints being destroyed.

elizamaru

I think wonderful portraits, like this one, should always have an intimate quality. Just imagine you, as the viewer, are sharing an evanescent moment of allure (for this work)/grief/rage and so on with the subject through the hands of the artist. Successfully conveying this quality through elements that aren’t the subject’s face, such as unique visual cues scattered throughout the piece, or even the craft of image-making itself (like the quality of lines or shading), is what makes a portrait truly unforgettable.

I don’t think even fully nude bijinga were banned in the 1930s. The intensely sensual quality that can be felt across every element in this piece must have touched a nerve somewhere for it to have received this treatment lol…