Paintings by Ozuma Kaname - Kimono collection

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Maples

Framed by red maples, this lady wears a striking kimono. The original title, Gion-no-komachi implies that she is a beauty from Gion, the traditional geisha area of Kyoto.

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Cherry blossom

A demure beauty poses below a weeping cherry in full flower.

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Kaguya-hime

With a huge full moon as backdrop, Kaguyahime ("Princess of the shining night") has a pensive look. The story of which she is heroine, the "Bamboo cutter's tale", dates back a thousand years, to the great cultural flowering that was the Heian period. In the story, she was found as a tiny baby inside a bamboo trunk.

As we see, a beauty of that time wore her eyebrows high, and her hair exceedingly long. She also spared no expense on her kimono.

Good articles at Wikipedia: The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter - Heian period

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Kaguyahime under the spring moon

Kagaya here portrays Kaguyahime ("Princess of the shining night") against a background of cherry blossom, though which we see a huge full moon. The "spring moon" of the title refers to oborozuki, a romantic motif in both art and song: which we can best translate as "the (spring) moon, shrouded in haze".

The story of which she is heroine, the "Bamboo cutter's tale", dates back a thousand years, to the great cultural flowering that was the Heian period. In the story, she was found as a tiny baby inside a bamboo trunk.

As we see, a beauty of that time wore her eyebrows high, and her hair exceedingly long. She also spared no expense on her kimono.

Good articles at Wikipedia: The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter - Heian period

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Asatsumabune

A portrayal of this traditional dance — its origins are not entirely clear, but the figure seems to be based on a painting by Hanabusa Itchō (1652-1724) of a dancer on the ferry along Lake Biwa, joining Ōtsu and Asatsuma (in modern Maibara). This boat trip was an important transport link, but no opportunity was missed to provide entertainment, in the form of dancing, on board.

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