Often brightly colored and meticulously detailed, woodblock prints gained initial prominence in Japan as an accessible artform during the Edo Period (1603-1868). Prints made during this period are ...

ukiyo e stock illustrations Japanese Woodblock of a female making Origami Japanese scene from the master Kunisada 1786-1865,a woodblock print, circa 1845 from the Edo period, showing a female figure ...

There is an exhibition that explores this historical relationship through ukiyo-e (traditional woodblock prints and paintings) and crafts, titled "Animals, Animals, Animals! From the Edo-Tokyo ...

Colour woodblock print part of a triptych associated with 59.32.62a and 59.32.62c. Ukiyo-e print depicting men in battle at sea. The title of the triptych is "Masakiyo sankan taiji zu", A picture of ...

John Sculley, former CEO of Apple The shin-hanga print in Job's bedroom ... Shin-hanga is a 20th-century take on ukiyo-e, an older form of Japanese woodblock printing, that evolved as artists ...

The shin-hanga movement started in the early 20th century as a domestic effort to revive the ukiyo-e tradition of woodblock prints and painting. But it was overseas that these pieces, which mostly ...

Is there an upcoming ukiyo-e artist adding a 21st-century flair to ... Simply type in whatever comes to mind and the program will churn out a woodblock print. “I would like the general public ...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A new art exhibition immersing visitors in the world of Japan’s “ukiyo-e” traditional woodblock print art through the latest digital technologies opened in Tokyo on Dec. 21.

Many media worker often visit the bookstore, too. Koketsu attends auctions for old books and ukiyo-e woodblock prints every week, hoping to find rarities and bargains. “Popular books ...