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Bijin, the Glossary

Index Bijin

is a Japanese term which literally means "a beautiful person" and is synonymous with.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 38 relations: Akita (city), Bijin-ga, Bishōjo, Byakuren Yanagiwara, China, Edo period, Femininity, Heian period, Hikimayu, Japan, Japanese art, Japanese language, Kanji, Kobayashi Kiyochika, Korean language, Light skin in Japanese culture, Luís Fróis, Meiji era, Michitsuna's mother, North Korea, Ohaguro, Ono no Komachi, Pinyin, South Korea, Southern Min, Standard Chinese, Suzuki Harunobu, Taishō era, Taiwan, Takeko Kujō, The Tale of Genji, Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry, Three Beauties of the Present Day, Torii Kiyonaga, Ukiyo-e, Utamaro, Vietnam, Vietnamese language.

  2. Beauty

Akita (city)

is the capital city of Akita Prefecture, Japan, and has been designated a core city since 1 April 1997.

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Bijin-ga

is a generic term for pictures of beautiful women in Japanese art, especially in woodblock printing of the ukiyo-e genre. Bijin and Bijin-ga are Japanese words and phrases.

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Bishōjo

In Japanese popular culture, a, also romanized as bishojo or bishoujo, is a cute girl character.

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Byakuren Yanagiwara

Byakuren Yanagiwara (柳原 白蓮, Yanagiwara Byakuren; October 15, 1885 – February 22, 1967) was a Japanese poet and novelist.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Edo period

The, also known as the, is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.

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Femininity

Femininity (also called womanliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with women and girls.

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Heian period

The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185.

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Hikimayu

was the practice of removing the natural eyebrows and painting smudge-like eyebrows on the forehead in pre-modern Japan, particularly in the Heian period (794–1185).

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Japanese art

Japanese art consists of a wide range of art styles and media that includes ancient pottery, sculpture, ink painting and calligraphy on silk and paper, ukiyo-e paintings and woodblock prints, ceramics, origami, bonsai, and more recently manga and anime.

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Japanese language

is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.

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Kanji

are the logographic Chinese characters adapted from the Chinese script used in the writing of Japanese.

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Kobayashi Kiyochika

was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, best known for his colour woodblock prints and newspaper illustrations.

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Korean language

Korean (South Korean: 한국어, Hangugeo; North Korean: 조선말, Chosŏnmal) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent.

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Light skin in Japanese culture

is a Japanese term coined in the 1990s with the emergence of skin whitening products and cosmetics. Bijin and Light skin in Japanese culture are beauty.

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Luís Fróis

Luís Fróis (1532 – 8 July 1597) was a Portuguese Catholic priest and missionary who worked in Asia, most notably Japan, during the second half of the 16th century.

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Meiji era

The was an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912.

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Michitsuna's mother

Fujiwara no Michitsuna no Haha (藤原道綱母, 935–995) was a waka poet in the Mid Heian period.

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North Korea

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia.

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Ohaguro

is the name given in Japan to the custom of blackening one's teeth with a solution of iron filings and vinegar.

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Ono no Komachi

was a Japanese waka poet, one of the Rokkasen—the six best waka poets of the early Heian period.

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Pinyin

Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese.

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South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia.

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Southern Min

Southern Min, Minnan (Mandarin pronunciation) or Banlam, is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Chinese languages that form a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Fujian (especially the Minnan region), most of Taiwan (many citizens are descendants of settlers from Fujian), Eastern Guangdong, Hainan, and Southern Zhejiang.

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Standard Chinese

Standard Chinese is a modern standard form of Mandarin Chinese that was first codified during the republican era (1912‒1949).

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Suzuki Harunobu

Suzuki Harunobu (鈴木 春信) was a Japanese designer of woodblock print art in the style.

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Taishō era

The was a period in the history of Japan dating from 30 July 1912 to 25 December 1926, coinciding with the reign of Emperor Taishō.

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.

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Takeko Kujō

Takeko Kujō (九条 武子, Kujō Takeko, September 7, 1887 – February 7, 1928) was a Japanese educator and poet.

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The Tale of Genji

, also known as Genji Monogatari is a classic work of Japanese literature written by the noblewoman, poet, and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu around the peak of the Heian period, in the early 11th century.

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Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry

The are a group of Japanese poets of the Asuka, Nara, and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability.

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Three Beauties of the Present Day

is a colour woodblock print from by Japanese ukiyo-e artist Kitagawa Utamaro (–1806).

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Torii Kiyonaga

Torii Kiyonaga (鳥居清長; 1752 – June 28, 1815) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Torii school.

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Ukiyo-e

Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art that flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries.

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Utamaro

Kitagawa Utamaro (喜多川 歌麿; – 31 October 1806) was a Japanese artist.

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Vietnam

Vietnam, officially the (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.

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Vietnamese language

Vietnamese (tiếng Việt) is an Austroasiatic language spoken primarily in Vietnam where it is the national and official language.

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See also

Beauty

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijin