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... Ukiyo - e movement ( paintings and wood- block prints of the " floating world " ) . He was the pupil of Torii Kiyomitsu and for a time headed the Torii school . So great , however , was his loyalty to the Torii family that he made his ...
... Ukiyo - e movement ( paintings and wood- block prints of the " floating world " ) . He was the pupil of Torii Kiyomitsu and for a time headed the Torii school . So great , however , was his loyalty to the Torii family that he made his ...
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... Ukiyo - e ( " pictures of the floating world " ) , one of the most important Edo period schools of art that flourished in 17th- and 18th - cen- tury Japan . " Floating " is used in the Buddhist sense of the transient or evanescent ...
... Ukiyo - e ( " pictures of the floating world " ) , one of the most important Edo period schools of art that flourished in 17th- and 18th - cen- tury Japan . " Floating " is used in the Buddhist sense of the transient or evanescent ...
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... Ukiyo - e movement ( paintings and wood - block prints of the " floating world " ) . He was particularly known for his erotically decadent portraits of women , executed with a powerful , free style . Kunisada also excelled at portraits ...
... Ukiyo - e movement ( paintings and wood - block prints of the " floating world " ) . He was particularly known for his erotically decadent portraits of women , executed with a powerful , free style . Kunisada also excelled at portraits ...
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