Unknown, woman and breast
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
This woodblock print titled Unknown, Woman and Breast presents a female figure with an emphasis on the exposed breast, a subject that connects to both Western nude traditions and the sosaku-hanga movement's interest in unidealized representations of the body. The unknown in the title may refer to the woman's identity or to the print's uncertain provenance. Nakao Yoshitaka treats the figure with the same direct carving that characterizes his other works, the breast not eroticized but presented as part of the body's natural form. The woodblock medium gives the flesh a particular quality, the grain of the wood imprinting subtle texture onto the printed skin.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Unknown, woman and breast was created by Nakao Yoshitaka (中尾義隆).
Unknown, woman and breast depicts nude and figures.