The Floating World: An Introduction to Japanese Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints

The art world thrives on fashion and rebellion, and, yes, sometimes pure accident. Enter the ...

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Japanese Artistry: A Visual Journey through Woodblock Prints

Japanese art has depended on woodblock prints, or ukiyo-e, for many years. Originally designed ...

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Hokusai is a wood block painter from the Katsushika district of Edo, Japan at around the 1760s. ...

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Among the Japanese visual arts, Japanese painting is considered as the most highly refined and ...

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Andō Hiroshige was known by many names. His birth name was Andō Tokutarō and he was born in ...

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The ancient pottery that was made in Japan around 14,500 BCE is called “Jomon.” ...

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In the West, woodblock printmaking employs oil-based ink applied over a design using a roller. ...

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Japonism or Japanisme in French, was a European craze late in the 19th century for Japanese art ...

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