The bijin-ga ("depictions of beautiful women") subgenre originates in the Ukiyo-e print genre of the Edo Period (1600-1868). 　
In recent years, increasing numbers of artists have taken to creating these depictions of female subjects, and the fan base has been growing as well.
This exhibition features a wide range of bijin-ga created by young female artists, who are garnering increasing popularity in the contemporary art world.
Their expressive mediums include traditional Japanese paintings, oil paintings and others featuring various techniques and motifs, each work serving as a modern-day example of bijin-ga that expresses the artist's individual aesthetic ideals.

The phrasing "a hundred beauties" (hyaku bijin) used in the exhibition's title is a reference to Japan's first beauty pageant of the same name, held in 1891; "galaxy" refers simply to the galaxies in the broader sense of the term (the Milky Way included); and "beauties" points to all things beautiful, in the larger meaning of the noun "beauty."
The title is meant to reflect differing techniques, motifs and other aspects of the works—which center on human forms—provided by this exhibition's seven artists.("Galaxy of beauties" is also one possible, comparatively graceful translation of the Japanese phrase sen'ei iko, which means an elegant gathering of high-status ladies.)