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Today’s featured song is: “Hokorobi” by 40meterP feat. Hatsune Miku and GUMI!

Kitani Chigusa  木谷千種 (1895-1947)

Kitani Chigusa (Yoshioka Chigusa) was a prominent Japanese painter in Osaka, and along with Shima Seien and Ikuta Kacho, was one of the notable women active on the scene. Paintings of beauties are one of the classical subjects of Japanese painting. During the Late Meiji and Taisho Eras many painters became famous for their images of bijin. Partly this was because a significant audience and market existed for them, and partly in the case of women painters because the subject matter was considered appropriate. Most often though bijinga echoed the ukiyo-e tradition, and the imagery seems stylized and mask-like. Perhaps because Kitani Chigusa also studied Western painting, this depiction of a beautiful woman encompasses a psychological dimension rarely seen in the genre or prior to the 1920s.

Audio Safari - Hokorobi

Ilustration, video：Tama（mylist/8994160、@tamak0）