Geometrical composition of Utamaro using an umbrella motif

 

Many of Utamaro's paintings on Twitter have geometrically clear lines.

Among them, I found rare picture that was particularly structurally devised.

It looks as if Hokusai in the Sharaku style drew it in the style of Utamaro.

 1892 was the time when Hokusai and Utamaro were in and out of the publisher Tsutaya Juzaburo.

Utamaro may have been influenced by the work of Shunrou(Hokusai).

The commentator of Utamaro in Japan introduces only the Okubi-e of a beautiful woman as a masterpiece.

Geometrically drawn Utamaro may be difficult to see in the general public.

It's the same as not realizing that Sharaku is Hokusai because they also only evaluate the Okubi-e of Sharaku.


Kitagawa Utamaro, Geisha and Attendant on a Rainy Night, 1792


arc model

arc circle model

The most important tectonic line is the handle of the umbrella shown in dark yellow.

There are two points, one that bundles the second largest pink circle and the other that bundles the yellow-green middle circle.

Earlier, I wrote that Utamaro cannot be Sharaku because Utamaro did not use geometrical structures in Okubi-e.

With this work, Utamaro also knew the geometrical technique, so it is necessary to see the difference between Utamaro and Sharaku in how to use it.

I have already made the models of Sharaku’s and Hokusai’s works with the motif of umbrella.


Sharaku

Umbrella bones are made up of two great circles.

The largest green circle mainly creates the figure on the right,

The second largest pink circle makes up the lower part of the person on the left.


Hokusai 
arc circle model 

Comparing the great circle groups in this way, the usage of the great circles in Utamaro seems ineffective. The largest lilac circles are only bundled to show the hem that the woman on the left is tucking up. The arcs of the second largest pink circle do not correspond each other because it does not share a circle with any arcs of the bone.


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