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Kaburagi Kiyokata (1878-1972)
Morning Dew
#japanese #woodblock #kuchi-e
January 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
floatingworlds.bsky.social
Takeuchi Keishu (1861-1943)
Pledge at the Pond
#japanese #woodblock #kuchi-e
January 8, 2025 at 6:28 AM
fmelanchton.bsky.social
Kuchi-e
December 30, 2024 at 6:03 PM
phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
Feelings incubate,
Just some letters without soul,
Nifty nostalgia—
The greed persistent for weeks
And then incubates to dust.

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"Beauty and Garden (kuchi-e)" Artist: Hirezaki Eiho
April 14, 2026 at 6:18 AM
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KUCHI GANG! Bem vindos ao seu primeiro e maior fã clube sobre Kali Uchis no Brasil 🇧🇷

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September 1, 2024 at 11:48 AM
floatingworlds.bsky.social
Kuchi-e, literally translates to “mouth pictures”. It refers to a specific type of Japanese woodblock print that served as illustrations that faced the title page in literary magazines and novels during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
January 8, 2025 at 6:26 AM
schaefershf.bsky.social
heim gässle - es isch e prächtige Morgestraich gsi - e Mählsuppe und Käs- und Ziibelewäije warte in dr Kuchi … bis nohär denne …
March 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM
schaefershf.bsky.social
mi Kuchi isch dr Pauseplatz und dRichterich-Köpf vom Jakob‘s Leckerly e feine Booster fir dKinderfasnacht - mir mach uns uf dSogge
March 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM
mistur-joestur.bsky.social
JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE OVER HEAVEN // Novel Kuchi-e -
written by Nisio Isin (Inside Illustration)

#jjba #jojosbizzareadventure #hirohikoaraki #jjbaart
December 5, 2024 at 1:51 AM
roger1952.bsky.social
Hidetomo Hinagizaki… Haruha Yanagawa, 1915, Japan
A vertical kuchi-e (frontispiece) woodblock print by the master illustrator Hirezaki Eihō captures an evocative, emotionally charged portrait of a young woman. The composition stands as a magnificent example of early Taishō-period graphic art, blending traditional bijin-ga aesthetics with modern psychological depth and subtle tonal shading. The central figure is a young woman shown from the waist up, her upper body slightly inclined forward in a classic posture of contemplation or quiet sorrow. Her face is rendered with remarkable delicate line work, capturing a melancholy expression with downcast eyes, softly arched eyebrows, and tightly closed, crimson-painted lips. Her dark hair is coiffed in an elegant, voluminously padded sokugami (a modern, Western-influenced hairstyle popular during the late Meiji and Taishō eras), pulled up into a soft bun at the crown and held in place by a red fabric ribbon or hair tie (kanoko). Her clothing showcases exquisite textile layering and modern 20th-century design choices. She wears a deep charcoal-black or dark grey outer kimono decorated with a bold, geometric pattern of interlocking grey diamonds and stylized arrowheads. The heavy dark fabric contrasts sharply with the vibrant layers beneath her neckline: a rich cobalt-blue collar lining leads into an inner haneri (under-collar) beautifully patterned with silver-white lilies and trailing green leaves on a muted teal ground. Her hands are elegantly clasped against her chest, a gesture that draws attention to a delicate gold ring set with a single red gemstone on her ring finger—a modern Western accessory reflecting the shifting material culture of the era. The background splits the composition with simple, geometric partitions. To her right, a vertical dark line indicates a sliding door or screen frame, while behind her lower body runs a low screen decorated with a delicate, silver-printed motif of budding plum branches (ume).
June 29, 2026 at 7:54 PM
maitre-poulard.bsky.social
Molotov observant Staline ou jsp quoi
kuchi-e de Tomioka Eisen (c'est 1906) avec un acteur moustachu en chemise rayée bleue et blanche se maquillant devant son miroir, observé en douce par un type avec des lorgnons caché derrière des rideaux
December 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
elakuchillaff.bsky.social
hi bitches,
i fu**e* up the original paper
but i'm thinking of giving it colour in digital
#art
#mlp
Kuchi smirking and looking back, could be thinking in some mischievous acts
August 9, 2026 at 2:16 PM
roger1952.bsky.social
Created in 1906 by Takeuchi Keishū (1861–1942), Girl and Persimmons stands as a quintessential masterwork of the kuchi-e genre—woodblock-printed frontispieces that illustrated popular Meiji-period literary magazines such as Bungei Kurabu.
The composition captures a young country maiden traversing a wind-swept rural path in late autumn. Slung across her back by a woven chest strap is a heavy bamboo pack-basket (kago), brimming with ripe, vermilion persimmons (kaki) and bundled sheaves of harvested grain. She steps quietly through wild, bowing stands of Japanese pampas grass (susuki), her posture leaning forward against the weight of her harvest with an unstudied, gentle grace. The print offers an intimate study in Meiji rural workwear (fukushoku) and textile design. The girl’s head is draped in a protective white cloth (tenugui) patterned with a delicate indigo chain of interlocking rings (chigai-wa), shielding her hair from dust and field debris. She wears a sea-green cotton kimono adorned with vertical stripes (shima-moyō) and scattered leaf sprigs, its lower hem tucked up into a dark indigo working apron (maekake) to afford ease of movement through the high grass. At her back, a bright red sash (obi) introduces a vivid warm accent that echoes the glowing orange husks of the persimmons above. Keishū employs fine, calligraphic keylines (sen-gaki) and understated color washes (bokashi) to give the fabric a light, porous texture while maintaining structural clarity. Aesthetically, the scene radiates a quiet, melancholic beauty rooted in mono no aware—the bittersweet appreciation of nature's fleeting cycles. Isolated against a soft, unadorned cream ground (yohaku), the maiden’s downcast gaze and the rustling autumnal grasses evoke the gentle seclusion of the satoyama countryside, celebrating the rustic dignity of seasonal harvest and rural life.
September 2, 2026 at 7:54 PM
lunazuna.bsky.social
Kaburagi Kiyokata | Tipsy Beauty, 1909, "Hitou". Kuchi-e Illustration for Bungei Kurabu magazine, Vol.15, no.4. , 11.5 x 8.5 in.
August 31, 2026 at 5:47 PM
mdstamper.bsky.social
菊の香り (The Fragrance of Chrysanthemums) by 梶田半古 (Kajita Hanko) - Ink and color on paper / 1905 - Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art (Washington DC) #WomenInArt #art #JapaneseArt #artText #AsianArt #菊 #KajitaHanko #梶田半古 #JapaneseArtist #口絵 #浮世絵 #artwork #NationalMuseumofAsianArt #Smithsonian
This refined 口絵 (kuchi-e, frontispiece illustration) accompanied an installment of 白菊 Shiragiku (“White Chrysanthemum”), a serialized novel by 大越大六 (Ōgoshi Dairoku) published in 文芸倶楽部 (Bungei Kurabu), one of the most popular literary magazines of Meiji Japan (明治時代). The novel unfolds with the intricacy of a Kabuki drama: while recuperating at a spa, the heroine discovers that the blind masseuse attending her is, in fact, her father. This revelation adds layers of hidden identity, family rupture, and reconciliation beneath the surface of refined social life. Prominent Japanese painter and illustrator Kajita Hanko (梶田半古) presents the young Japanese woman reclining gracefully in profile, sniffing a single chrysanthemum as if lost in thought. She wears an elegant kimono patterned with soft floral motifs, its folds cascading in delicate lines. Her hair is styled in a formal coiffure that signals her refinement and social position. She sits surrounded by yellow flowers, which enhances her luminous face in an atmosphere of quiet drama and longing. Kajita specialized in blending the aesthetic legacy of 浮世絵 (ukiyo-e) with modern demands of mass publishing. His elegant depiction of the heroine embodies both decorum and emotional tension. Though presented as a woman of propriety and social standing, she is rendered with the lightly erotic sentiment that earlier woodblock traditions often infused into images of female beauty. The work thus straddles two worlds: the modern literary culture of serialized fiction and the enduring pictorial conventions of the “floating world.” "The Fragrance of Chrysanthemums" captures the dual power of kuchi-e prints. They enticed readers with an immediate visual allure while setting the emotional tone of the story. Here, Hanko’s mastery lies in his ability to distill a dramatic revelation like family ties, hidden past, and the heroine’s inner struggle, into a single, contemplative image.
September 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
debramayberry.bsky.social
I’m so sorry to leave you, but today I must go to the office.😿
'The Merchant’s Daughter', 1900, by Meiji era artist Mizuno Toshikata (水野年方, 1866 - 1908), a kuchi-e (口絵) based on a Japanese fairy-tale callled the "Cat Guardian" or "The Story of the Faithful Cat". Shows a beautiful woman in a colorful kimono holding a black & white cat.
August 8, 2023 at 10:16 AM
hyyhwwx.bsky.social
Dia 4 do #Desafio30DiasDeBL

Me wa Kuchi Hodoni Koi to Iu ou Chiba Kyoukan wa Nabikanai, são ambas curtas e tão gostosas de ler que não tem como não sentir um gostinho de quero mais 🤭
November 4, 2024 at 10:25 PM
tarcisiojcs.bsky.social
Isso me lembra tem um mangá de comédia romântica envolvendo está lenda nada mulher de boca cortada o nome é Even If You Slit My Mouth (Kuchi ga Saketemo Kimi ni wa)
April 23, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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Hundreds of rare, extraordinary and often erotic artworks fill a new exhibition, and many have never been seen in the United States.

“The First Homosexuals” is an expanded version of a 2022 show that now takes up all three floors of Wrightwood 659.

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Tomioka Eisen, kuchi-e (frontispiece) with artist’s seal Shisen, c. 1906. (Tirey-van Lohuizen Collection) Left: “La Confidence (The Secret),” by Ida Matton, 1902. (Joel Bergroth / Hälsinglands Museum) Right: “Lili With a Feather” by Gerda Wegener, 1920. (Reproduction by Morten Pors Nielsen)
May 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Kuchi-e : Plum - par Kajita Hanko

#Ukiyoe #ArtJaponais #Estampe
Estampe japonaise : Kuchi-e : Plum par Kajita Hanko
June 9, 2026 at 12:07 PM
tqscans.bsky.social
KUCHI GA SAKETEMO KIMI NI WA 🪻

CAPÍTULOS 74 E 75

OBRA FEITA EM PARCERIA COM A CAFÉ COM MANGÁ

🔗LINK: mangadex.org/chapter/a70c...

#manga #otaku #manhwa #manhua #kpop #anime #mangarecommendation
September 16, 2024 at 12:38 PM
floatingworlds.bsky.social
#HankoKajita (1870-1917)
Mrs. O with Dragon (1904)
Illustration for the novel Mrs. O a family name used in Japan for people of Taiwanese origin from 1904, The Year of the Dragon.
#woodblock #kuchi-e
A beautiful woman playing a one-stringed, Chinese zither called a chin. She looks to the side with a dreamy expression, the instrument resting across her arms. She wears a flowing kimono patterned with silver metallic birds, tucked into plum-colored hakama pants. Her long hair is drawn back with a large white bow, falling loosely over her back. A folding screen at left features a dragon emerging from clouds, and a vase on a stand at right holds plum branches.
December 29, 2023 at 1:30 AM
sforrest.bsky.social
Hump day done, mostly, so here's a #WoodcutWednesday (or #WoodblockWednesday?) print to celebrate. This one is a frontispiece (kuchi-e 口絵) from the long serial gōkan _Kana hōgo Ikkyū sōshi_ 『仮名反古一休草紙』 (pub. 嘉永 Ka'ei 5 - Bunkyū 文久 4 [1852-1864]). Ikkyū is riding on the back of a giant carp...
double page spread monochrome illustration: at right in a small boat a woman (Ikkyū's former nursemaid) sits holding up an unfurled painting with a fish-shaped empty space in it -- an aura leads from there across to the left-hand page where a gigantic carp is about to dive into the water -- on its back stands the young monk Ikkyū.
February 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
loucasamurai.bsky.social
n gostei do último álbum dela, mas meu dever de kuchi é ir lá e gritar MADRE pra ela
screamyell.bsky.social Marcelo Costa @screamyell.bsky.social · Oct 20
Kali Uchis - The Sincerely, Tour está chegando ao Brasil dia 08/02, no Vibra São Paulo, em SP!

Ingressos dia 22/10, a partir das 10h na Ticketmaster
October 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
sforrest.bsky.social
For #WoodblockWednesday, a kuchi-e 口絵 from a Tenpō 天保 15 (1844) gōkan, _Orochi-tarō chōakuden_ 『愚智太郎懲悪伝』, showing the wicked Orochitarō himself riding in on a giant snake.
Art by Kuniyoshi 国芳, story by Tamenaga Shunsui (writing as Nansenshō Somahito II). source:
www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kotenseki/ht...
double-page spread illustration showing (at right) a giant snake arches into the picture, head down, with a fierce-looking man (Orochi-tarō) sitting astride its neck in a pose of prayer/concentration; at left, two women (Odamaki and Ashina) on a cloud looking alarmed, holding out their hands attempting to stop/fend off Orochi-tarō. Text by each figure identifies them.
January 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM