This scroll painting throws you straight into a surreal world where beauty and chaos coexist.
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Dismembered bodies run wild, held by an evil chicken.
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At the center, a courtesan applies lipstick made of human blood\u2014calmly.
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It\u2019s eerily similar to Lipstick by Okamoto Shinso.
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But the face? It looks just like Kainosho Tadaoto.
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Was this an artistic duel between the two?
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Or is it a self-portrait disguised as madness?
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What do you think?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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