Sunday, April 29, 2012

From The Poem of the Pillow

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Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)
Frontispiece from The Poem of the Pillow
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Michael Dunn in The Art of East Asia:

"Ranking surely as one of the most romantic and erotic pictures of all time, this 
famous print was originally the frontispiece of a far more explicit series. While not 
immediately discernible, Utamaro's genius can be seen in the amazing 
composition of the focused eye of the gentleman and the line of his lady's hair."







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Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)
Frontispiece from The Poem of the Pillow, Detail
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