Ten Types of Female Nudes: Reading (Rajo jusshu: Dokusho)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Scholten Japanese Art
Description
From the series "Ten Types of Female Nudes" (Rajo Jusshu), this print depicting a woman reading shows Urushibara engaging with the classical nude subject within a distinctly Japanese printmaking tradition. The nude woman absorbed in a book combines two venerable themes — the female figure and the contemplative activity of reading — in a composition that bridges the Western academic tradition of the nude and Japanese depictions of women in private, intimate moments. The series title indicates this was one of ten studies examining the female figure in different attitudes.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Ten Types of Female Nudes: Reading (Rajo jusshu: Dokusho) was created by Yoshijiro Urushibara (漆原木虫).
Ten Types of Female Nudes: Reading (Rajo jusshu: Dokusho) depicts nude, figures, and bijin-ga.