Child of the Jago, Realism,

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Child of the Jago, Realism, Japanese Effects
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Ukiyo-e The Floating School

• --asymmetry--flatness, sometimes lack of
  perspective
• --pointilism--grotesques (voyeurs,
  homunculi)--everyday themes--stylised
  landscapes--single line
• --geometrical shapes
• --human distortions
• --colour contrasts, black white
• --vertical rather than horizontal perspectives

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Iwasa Matahei, 1650
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Harunobu (1725-70)
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Shunga Spring Pictures
Moronbu, c. 1684
Harunobu
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Hokusai (1760-1849) known for landscapes
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Hokusai
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Hiroshige, Sudden Shower, 1857
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Hiroshige, The Plain at Suzaki
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Utamaro (1753-1806) Known foe depictions of women
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Utamaro
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Aubrey Beardsley, The Stomach Dance, Salome,
1893