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The onset of the 17th century marked a significant transformation in the social acceptance of women in Japan. Many samurai viewed women purely as child bearers; the concept of a woman being a fit companion for war was no longer conceivable. The relationship between a husband and wife could be correlated to that of a lord and his vassal.
Japanese women from the Asuka period (538) to start of the Edo period (1603). This covers Classical Japan and Feudal Japan classification periods. Feminism portal
The earliest religious paintings in Japan were copied using mainland styles and techniques, and are similar to the art of the Chinese Sui dynasty (581–618) or the late Sixteen Kingdoms around the early 5th century. They comprise the oldest extant non-primitive paintings in Japan.
Ukiyo-e [a] (浮世絵) is a genre of Japanese art that flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; flora and fauna; and erotica.
In Japanese folklore, heroes like Momotaro rescue women from violent kami and oni. Although the exploits of heroes are well known, Japanese mythology also featured heroines. [1] Ototachibana, the wife of Yamato Takeru, threw herself into the sea to save her husband's ship and quell the wrath of the storm that threatened them. [1]
Kiyohara Yukinobu struck out on a path in the late 17th century that few women in Japan had navigated, becoming an accomplished artist in the Kanō school — and, for a century after, was name ...
Chigusa Kitani (1895–1947), painter and painting teacher; Yuko Takada Keller (born 1958), artist, curator, writer, based in Denmark; Asami Kiyokawa (born 1980), embroidery artist; Rieko Kodama (born 1963), video game designer, artist; Nahoko Kojima (born 1981), paper cut artist; Shigeko Kubota (1937–2015), video artist, sculptor
Ugajin, a harvest and fertility kami represented with the body of a snake and head of a man or woman. They may be derived from Ukanomitama. Ugayafukiaezu, the father of Japan's first emperor. [31] Ukanomitama, a kami associated with food and agriculture. [32] Ukemochi , is considered a goddess of food. After she vomited out various types of ...