Paintings or prints that depict beautiful women. This term, which literally means "pictures of beautiful women," was most likely coined in the Edo period (1615-1868) or the Meiji period (1868-1912). Before this period, these pictures may have been called "onna-e" or "bijin-e".

bijinga(P,,V,English-P,D,L,B)
bijinga(P,,V,Japanese-P,D,U,B)
bijin-ga(,U,English-NP,UF,U,B)
bijin-ga(,U,Japanese-NP,UF,U,U)
美人畫(P,,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
美人繪(,U,Chinese (traditional)-NP,UF,U,U)
mei jen hua (P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
měi rén huà(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
mei ren hua(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)

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....Objects Facet
........Visual and Verbal Communication (Hierarchy Name)
............Visual Works (Hierarchy Name)
................<visual works (works)>
....................<visual works by subject type>
........................bijinga

distinguished from....

onna-e

Chinese (traditional)....	描繪美麗女子的繪畫或版畫，此詞彙字面意思為「美女圖畫」，很可能在江戶時代（西元1615至1868年）或明治時代（西元1868至1912年）才出現，在此之前，這類圖像可能稱為「女繪」或「美人繪」。

bijinga............	[VP]
.................	JAANUS [online] (2001-) accessed 1 November 2008
.................	Mason, History of Japanese Art (1993) 388
.................	Watanabe, Eishi Prints in Whistler's Studio?, The Burlington Magazine (1986)
bijin-ga............	[VP]
.................	Chinese Export Porcelain, Orientations (1987) title
美人畫............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	AAT-Taiwan 借詞編輯與使用原則 (2013)
Subject:............	[VP]
.................	JAANUS [online] (2001-) accessed 1 November 2008
.................	Mason, History of Japanese Art (1993) 388
.................	Watanabe, Eishi Prints in Whistler's Studio?, The Burlington Magazine (1986)

Getty AAT: 300310620 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300310620
ASDC Union Catalog： bijinga 、bijin-ga 、美人畫 、美人繪 、mei jen hua 、měi rén huà 、mei ren hua 、bijinga 、bijin-ga