A Master of Modern Bijin-ga: Untan Kaburaki and the Refinement of Japanese Beauty Untan Kaburaki, a name synonymous with the graceful elegance of *bijin-ga* – pictures of beautiful women – emerged as a pivotal figure in early 20th-century Japanese art. Born Kaburaki Ken’ichi in Tokyo during the Meiji era, his artistic journey unfolded against a backdrop of rapid modernization and cultural shifts. While biographical details remain somewhat scarce, it is understood that Kaburaki was deeply immersed in the traditional arts from a young age, eventually becoming a leading master of *nihonga*, the…