Yutanpo Shirane, a new free, sensual and feminine figuration

Women have been represented by other women in many different ways in Japanese literature, from the current love novels of Hiromi Kawakami to the feminist poetry of Murasaki Shikibu of the 11th century. But in all their writings, a term common is always used: sensitivity. The artist and illustrator Yutanpo Shirane, a reference within the sector for more than 30 years in Japan, knows how to capture the new Japanese femininity with the same delicacy as Kaneko Misuzu's verses. His work is full of free, sensual, independent and naturally powerful women, represented by simple lines and a sober color palette.

"One ought not to be unkind to a woman merely on account of her plainness, any more than one had a right to take liberties with her merely because she was handsome".

Murasaki Shikibu, Japanese writer (11th century).

Cream & Gray, at table #1. SOLD OUT

Cream & Gray, at table #2. SOLD OUT

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"It was love at first sight, at last sight, at any sight"

Vladimir Nabokov, 'Lolita' (1955).

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