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Bathhouse Women

File:Kiyonaga bathhouse women.jpg

Original - Onna yu (Bathhouse Women), a ukiyo-e print by Torii Kiyonaga

File:Kiyonaga bathhouse women-2.jpg

Edit 1 - Changed the colors levels a bit to remove potential paper discoloration

Reason

A fantastic image of a ukiyo-e print by Torii Kiyonaga. It is also a great example of a bijinga print.

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Torii Kiyonaga

Creator

Torii Kiyonaga

• Support as nominator ----Torsodog^Talk 18:41, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support Sasata (talk) 01:17, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
• Question The off-white background is "authentic"? Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 01:31, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
  • An off-white/cream paper is typical for prints such a these. The original maybe be a bit aged however. I uploaded an edit with the paper whiter than the original upload. --Torsodog^Talk 02:22, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
    • Ukiyo-e uses white ink. (See Ryu sho ten below, where it's a little clearer because of a less tight crop). If it didn't use a coloured paper this wouldn't show. That said, the ink could stand to be whiter than in the original. Support edit. I'd even go a bit farther than that edit, if I were doing it. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 03:16, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support edit 1. Durova^Charge! 21:44, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support edit per Shoemaker's, definite improvement, possibly still a bit "flat" but good enough. I'm liking the face of the bloke at the window :) mikaul^talk 11:44, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Promoted File:Kiyonaga bathhouse women-2.jpg MER-C 03:27, 13 February 2009 (UTC)