Japanese Woodblock
Posted in Antiques on 08/09/2010 09:38 am by admin
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Why do samurais in japanese woodblock paintings often have crossed eyes?
Is there a meaning behind it?
When blood pressure of the head rise, eyeballs become slightly cross-eyed. To depict samurais as powerful and masculine, woodblock paintings exaggerate crossed-eyes. On the other hand, women were often depicted as very small eyes. Probably small eyes were thought as beautiful and feminine.
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%BB%E5%83%8F:Utamaro1.jpg
Kabuki also uses this method.
http://www.kabuki-bito.jp/theaters/kabukiza/images/handbill/kabukiza200806b_handbill.jpg?html
There were a lot of woodblock print of kabuki stars in Edo era so probably you are referring to this.
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