デイヴ<p>In the early 20th c, Japanese hanga publishers were looking to renew the traditional style of their woodblock prints, notably by injecting elements of western realism…</p><p>Which led hanga publisher Watanabe Shōzaburō to commission Austrian illustrator Fritz Capelari.</p><p>Funnily enough, while Capelari's western take on ukiyo-e landscapes was praised, his series of bijin-ga did not convince, due to the overly western appearance of said bijin.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japanese</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hanga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hanga</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/woodprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>woodprint</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shinhanga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shinhanga</span></a></p>