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A Solution to “The Woman Question”: Envisioning the Japanese Woman in the Bijin-ga of Japan's Modern Print Designers

Tobin, Amanda
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1305769350

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2011, BA, Oberlin College, Art.
My essay addresses the portrayal of women in early 20th-century Japanese prints. I examine the "bijin-ga," or "pictures of beautiful women," of Shin-hanga (New Prints) and Sosaku-hanga (Creative Prints) artists, focusing on the "after the bath" trope. These artists claimed to create woodblock prints that were both Japanese and modern, updating aesthetics and techniques. Their chosen subject matter, however, represents a psychological anchor against the widespread social changes of the Taisho Period (1912-1926) in Japan, during which time "new women" and "modern girls" were crafting public roles for women based on political activism and liberated sexuality.
Bonnie Cheng (Advisor)
Christina Neilson (Committee Member)
Ann Sherif (Committee Member)
63 p.
Art History
Japan; modernism; woodblock prints; Taisho; feminism

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  • Tobin, A. (2011). A Solution to “The Woman Question”: Envisioning the Japanese Woman in the Bijin-ga of Japan's Modern Print Designers [Undergraduate thesis, Oberlin College]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1305769350

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Tobin, Amanda. A Solution to “The Woman Question”: Envisioning the Japanese Woman in the Bijin-ga of Japan's Modern Print Designers. 2011. Oberlin College, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1305769350.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Tobin, Amanda. "A Solution to “The Woman Question”: Envisioning the Japanese Woman in the Bijin-ga of Japan's Modern Print Designers." Undergraduate thesis, Oberlin College, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1305769350

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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