Japan: 'Full Moon at Takanawa'. Ukiyo-e woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), c. 1850. A Bijin (beautiful woman) seated beside her palanquin at a tea house. Utagawa Hiroshige was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, and one of the last great artists in that tradition. He was also referred to as Andō Hiroshige (an irregular combination of family name and art name) and by the art name of Ichiyūsai Hiroshige. Bijinga ('beautiful person picture') is a generic term for pictures of beautiful women in Japanese art, especially in woodblock printing of the ukiyo-e genre, which predate photography.

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