Five Figures of Modern Beauties: Cherry Blossoms Blizzard (Gendai Bijin Fuzoku Gotai: Hana Fubuki)
- Date:
- 1953
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Scholten Japanese Art
Description
From the 1953 series "Five Figures of Modern Beauties" (Gendai Bijin Fuzoku Gotai), this oban print depicts a woman amid a blizzard of falling cherry blossom petals. The Japanese title "Hana Fubuki" literally means "flower blizzard," describing the spectacular natural event when wind strips cherry trees of their petals in a single dramatic cascade. Shimura Tatsumi surrounds his figure with swirling pink and white petals, her kimono and hair becoming part of the floral storm. The image merges the beauty of the woman with the beauty of the season's most celebrated moment, neither fully separable from the other.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Five Figures of Modern Beauties: Cherry Blossoms Blizzard (Gendai Bijin Fuzoku Gotai: Hana Fubuki) was created by Shimura Tatsumi (志村立美) in 1953.
Five Figures of Modern Beauties: Cherry Blossoms Blizzard (Gendai Bijin Fuzoku Gotai: Hana Fubuki) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1953).
Five Figures of Modern Beauties: Cherry Blossoms Blizzard (Gendai Bijin Fuzoku Gotai: Hana Fubuki) depicts cherry blossoms, snow scenes, and bijin-ga.