bijinga
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- Term Type
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Preferred Term
bijinga
- Details
Paintings or prints that depict beautiful women. This term, which literally means "pictures of beautiful women," was most likely coined in the Edo period (1615-1868) or the Meiji period (1868-1912). Before this period, these pictures may have been called "onna-e" or "bijin-e".
- Variations
bijin-ga
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