brooklynmuseum: Here’s a little BLUESDAY inspiration from our Asian art collection, curr
brooklynmuseum: Here’s a little BLUESDAY inspiration from our Asian art collection, currently on view in Infinite Blue.This print offers a glimpse into Tokyo street life in the nineteenth century. Here, a beauty self-consciously tugs at her outfit while walking briskly to the theater. The text elaborates: “She is first going to the stage, where there are many beautiful ladies. So she took great care and neatly changed the way she wore her kimono.”Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1798–1861). Among Beautiful Ladies, circa 1830. From A Series of Beauties. Japan; Edo period. Woodblock color print. 76.151.19 -- source link
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