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Ukiyo-e

Ukiyo-e (Japanese: 浮世絵) is a genre of Japanese art that flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; flora and fauna; and erotica. The term ukiyo-e (浮世絵)…

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related to Further reading · 44
Ukiyo-e → AFP, Amy Reigle, Anders, Antik, Archived, Auktion, Calza, Color Woodblock Printmaking, December, Floating World, Gian Carlo, Hotei, Hotei Encyclopedia, Hotei Publishing, Images, In Newland, ISBN, Japanese, Japanese Woodblock Prints, Jiji
related to Descendant traditions (20th century) · 31
Ukiyo-e → Artists, Bartlett, English Charles, Fine Arts, Fisherman, Goyō, Goyō Hashiguchi, Hasui Kawase, Hiroshi Yoshida, In, Indian, Japan, Japanese, Japanese Woodcut Artists' Association, Japanese-themed, Kanae Yamamoto, Kōshirō Onchi, Meiji, Other, Prominent
related to Late flowering: flora, fauna, and landscapes (19th century) · 29
Ukiyo-e → Among, As, Crescent Moon, Edo, Eisen, Established, Hiroshige The, His, Hokusai, Hokusai Manga, Hokusai's, In, It, Japanese, Kanagawa, Kiyonaga, Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Landscapes, Moronobu
related to Introduction to the West · 27
Ukiyo-e → American Commodore Matthew Perry, Aside, At, Carl Peter Thunberg, Convention, Dejima, Dutch, East, Edo, England, France, Hiroshige, Hokusai, International Exhibition, Isaac Titsingh's, Japan, Japanese, Kanagawa, Nagasaki, Paris
related to Decline (late 19th century) · 26
Ukiyo-e → Artists, Chikanobu, China, Chinese, Earlier, Following, Germany, Hiroshige, His One Hundred Aspects, Hokusai, Japan's, Japanese, Kanō, Kiyochika, Many, Meiji, Meiji Restoration, Moon, Practitioners, Russia
related to External links · 16
Ukiyo-e → April, Archived, Congress, Guide, Internet Archived, Japanese Woodblock Print Search, Library, London, Retrieved, September, SOAS University, Ukiyo-e Collection, Ukiyo-e Search, Ukiyo-e Sites, Wayback Machineukiyo-e, Woodblock
related to Criticism and historiography · 14
Ukiyo-e → Before World War II, Contemporary, Edo, Following, Japan, Japanese, Matabei, Moronobu, Nanpo, The, This, Ukiyo-e Ruikō, Various Thoughts, Yamato-e
related to Emergence of ukiyo-e (late 17th – early 18th centuries) · 14
Ukiyo-e → Around, At, Hikone, Iwasa Matabei, Japanese, Kanbun, Kanbun Beauties, Kanō, Matabei, Matabei's, Portraits, Scholars, The, Yamato-e
related to Themes and genres · 13
Ukiyo-e → E-hon, Hokusai, Hokusai Manga, In, Less, Moronobu's, Mount Fuji, One Hundred Views, Portraits, The, Typical, Westerners, While
related to Style · 12
Ukiyo-e → Attention, Chinese, Compositions, Early, Elements, In, Japanese, Kanō, Many, Primitives, The, Western

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Okumura Masanobu used multiple woodblocks to print areas of colourinstance ofartists0.80text
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Utamaroinstance ofsuch as the blending or gradation of colours on the printing block.Specialists have prized the portraits of beauties and actors by masters0.80text
and Sharaku that were created in the late 18th centuryinstance ofsuch as the blending or gradation of colours on the printing block.Specialists have prized the portraits of beauties and actors by masters0.80text
Edgar Degasinstance ofJaponisme became a prominent trend and had a strong influence on the early French Impressionists0.80text
Édouard Manetinstance ofJaponisme became a prominent trend and had a strong influence on the early French Impressionists0.80text
Claude Monetinstance ofJaponisme became a prominent trend and had a strong influence on the early French Impressionists0.80text
as well as influencing Post-Impressionists such as Vincent van Goghinstance ofJaponisme became a prominent trend and had a strong influence on the early French Impressionists0.80text
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