Images Dated 6th April 2012

Traditional Japanese Woodblock print of Actors in fan

Utagawa Toyokuni (1769, Edo - February 24, 1825, Edo) was born as the son of a puppet maker. He learned printmaking as a student of Toyoharu. At the beginning of his career he concentrated on bijin-ga - images of beautiful women. Toyokuni's success and fame came when he started making yakusha-e or actor portraits and actor scenes. This image is aA fine Kunisada Genji double half-length portraits series designed circa 1850/51 representing the twelve months of the year. This is the third month March.signature: Toyokuni ga, publisher: Minatoya Kohei and forms part of my own private collection of original woodblock prints

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Sea thrift or Sea Pink -Armeria maritima- above the sea, Cape Pointe de Corsen, Departement Finistere, Brittany, France, Europe

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A devotee washes his head at the Balaju Baise Dhara during the Baishak Asnan festival in

A devotee washes his head at the Balaju Baise Dhara (22 water spouts) during the Baishak Asnan festival in Kathmandu April 6, 2012. Devotees believe that the water from these stone spouts, which is collected from the catchment area of the Nagarjun forest behind the spouts, will cure pains and skin diseases. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)