Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukiyo-e
Description: WebUkiyo-e [a] 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.
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Link: https://ukiyo-e.org/
Description: WebUkiyo-e Search provides an incredible resource: The ability to both search for Japanese woodblock prints by simply taking a picture of an existing print AND the ability to see similar prints across multiple collections of prints. Below is an example print, click to see it in action.
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Link: https://www.britannica.com/art/ukiyo-e
Description: WebFeb 28, 2024 · Recent News. ukiyo-e, one of the most important genres of art of the Tokugawa period (1603–1867) in Japan. The style is a mixture of the realistic narrative of the emaki (“picture scrolls”) produced in the Kamakura period and the mature decorative style of the Momoyama and Tokugawa periods.
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Link: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/ukiyo-e/intro.html
Description: WebThe Floating World of Ukiyo-e: Shadows, Dreams, and Substance showcases the Library's spectacular holdings of Japanese "Ukiyo-e" (translated as pictures of the floating, or sorrowful, world) and is the first public viewing of this important and previously unseen collection. Featured are selected Ukiyo-e prints, books, and drawings from the ...
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Link: https://artsandculture.google.com/story/the-ukiyo-e-artists-you-need-to-know/BQKC6o0k2oBRLA
Description: WebUkiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art that became popular in the 17th century through to the 19th century.
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Link: https://artincontext.org/ukiyo-e/
Description: WebMar 11, 2024 · Ukiyo-e is a distinctive form of Japanese art that became especially popular from the 17th to the 19th centuries, shaping the aesthetics of Japan’s Edo period. This genre is characterized by woodblock prints and paintings that feature a wide variety of themes.
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Link: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ukiy/hd_ukiy.htm
Description: WebWoodblock prints of the Edo period most frequently depicted the seductive courtesans and exciting Kabuki actors ( JP2822) of the urban pleasure districts. With time, their subject matter expanded to include famous romantic vistas and eventually, in the final years of the nineteenth century, dramatic historical events.
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Link: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-asia/art-japan/edo-period/a/the-evolution-of-ukiyo-e-and-woodblock-prints
Description: WebUkiyo-e (literally “pictures of the floating world”) is the name given to paintings and prints primarily depicting the transitory world of the licensed pleasure quarters (Yoshiwara), the theater and pleasure quarters of Edo, present-day Tokyo, Japan. It is a composite term of uki (floating), yo (world), and e (pictures).
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Link: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/plea/hd_plea.htm
Description: WebUkiyo-e represents the final phase in the long evolution of Japanese genre painting. Drawing on earlier developments that had focused on human figures, ukiyo-e painters focused on enjoyable activities in landscape settings, shown close-up, with special attention to contemporary affairs and fashions.
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Link: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/ukiyo-e/major.html
Description: WebThe Floating World of Ukiyo-E Major Genres: Beauties, Actors & Landscapes. Home | Overview | Exhibition Items | Learn More | Acknowledgments.
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