Ukiyo E

Kunisada designed a wide spectrum of traditional ukiyo-e subjects like kabuki themes, beautiful women, historical events and quite a few shunga prints.

This collection is a must-have for Ukiyo-e fans, filled with beautiful compositions and fantastic views of the world that only Yoshitoshi could have created.

Yoshitora became one of the best known and most active artists of the Yokohama-e school. Utagawa Yoshitora (歌川 芳虎) was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints and an illustr...

Bakufu was part of a group of artists who sought to challenge the dominant ukiyo-e tradition and create a new form of Japanese art that reflected the modern era.

Bakufu was part of a group of artists who sought to challenge the dominant ukiyo-e tradition and create a new form of Japanese art that reflected the modern era.

30 June 1835 – 1 July 1900) was a ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock print artist. Talented as a child, at about thirteen he became a student of Tokyo's then-leading print maker, Utagawa Kun...

30 June 1835 – 1 July 1900) was a ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock print artist. Talented as a child, at about thirteen he became a student of Tokyo's then-leading printmaker, Utagawa Kuni...

30 June 1835 – 1 July 1900) was a ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock print artist. Talented as a child, at about thirteen he became a student of Tokyo's then-leading printmaker, Utagawa Kuni...

His time-honored poets and warriors, kabuki figures, ukiyo-e women, and elegant calligraphy are steeped in the classical past.

In his production, Guérard was strongly influenced by the work of the Japanese engravers Ukiyo-e like Katsushika Hokusai, Kitao Masayoshi and Utagawa Kuniyoshi, embodying in his work...

Following in the collaborative tradition of ukiyo-e* printmaking, Jacoulet recruited talented carvers and printers who could duplicate the delicate lines of his drawings and watercol...

Following in the collaborative tradition of ukiyo-e* printmaking, Jacoulet recruited talented carvers and printers who could duplicate the delicate lines of his drawings and watercol...

Following in the collaborative tradition of ukiyo-e* printmaking, Jacoulet recruited talented carvers and printers who could duplicate the delicate lines of his drawings and watercol...

Following in the collaborative tradition of ukiyo-e* printmaking, Jacoulet recruited talented carvers and printers who could duplicate the delicate lines of his drawings and watercol...

Following in the collaborative tradition of ukiyo-e* printmaking, Jacoulet recruited talented carvers and printers who could duplicate the delicate lines of his drawings and watercol...

Following in the collaborative tradition of ukiyo-e* printmaking, Jacoulet recruited talented carvers and printers who could duplicate the delicate lines of his drawings and watercol...

Matahei's composition demonstrates the influence of traditional ukiyo-e design combined with modern military subject matter.

Rendered in rich, layered colors and bold yet refined line work, the composition reflects Nishijima’s masterful balance between traditional ukiyo-e aesthetics and a distinctly modern...

Man of very diverse interests and great artistic sensitivity, studied Art History and in 2012, a deep interest in oriental art was awakened in him so that he began to study the great...

Utamaro's woodcuts are in the Ukiyo-e tradition, which means "pictures of the floating world" and represent everyday life scenes, capturing a specific person or a particular moment.

With the Tokugawa Shogunate relaxing centuries of age-old restrictions on travel, urban populations embraced travel art and Hiroshige Utagawa became one of the most prominent and suc...

With the Tokugawa Shogunate relaxing centuries of age-old restrictions on travel, urban populations embraced travel art and Hiroshige Utagawa became one of the most prominent and suc...

Notably, his early recognized works include ukiyo-e prints created for kabuki theater under the pseudonym Utagawa Toyoaki.

On the Artist: Masao Ido (born 1945) is part of the generation of Japanese printmakers working in the sōsaku-hanga tradition, in which the artist personally conceives, carves, and pr...

He was greatly impressed, as were many other Impressionist artists, by the Ukiyo-e art of Japan and Japanese printmaking which had a profound influence on his style.

Working within the Shin-hanga tradition—a 20th-century revival of classical ukiyo-e—Ido combined meticulous craftsmanship with a modern sensitivity to light and atmosphere.

The asymmetrical placement of the branches and the creative use of negative space, especially noticeable on the saucers, showcases the contemporaneous Japanism style influence, such ...

Woodblock printing in Japan (mokuhanga) is a technique best known for its use in the ukiyo-e artistic genre of single sheets, but it was also used for printing books in the same peri...

Woodblock printing in Japan (mokuhanga) is a technique best known for its use in the ukiyo-e artistic genre of single sheets, but it was also used for printing books in the same peri...

Mat size: 20"H x 16"W Paper size: 14.5"W x 9.75"W Hiroshige II, Ni-daime Utagawa Hiroshige, (1826 – 17 September 1869) was a Japanese designer of ukiyo-e art. He inherited the name ...

The Shin Hanga or "New Print" movement served to satisfy the widespread demand in the Western world for the export of traditional Ukiyo-e prints in the style of masters like Hiroshige.

On Japanese Woodblock Printing (Moku Hanga) Traditional Japanese woodblock printing is a collaborative, multi-stage process passed down from the ukiyo-e tradition of the Edo period. ...

Working within the Sōsaku Hanga(“Creative Print”) movement, Nagai embraced the philosophy that the artist should personally design, carve, and print each work, distinguishing himself...

These pictures are reminiscent of Japanese ukiyo-e prints in their emphasis on character and their flat linearity, but with spectacle replaced by a matter-of-fact ordinariness.

Utagawa Toyokuni[a] (歌川 豊国; 1769 – 24 February 1825), also often referred to as Toyokuni I, to distinguish him from the members of his school who took over his gō (art-name) after he...

Nakayama's style borrowed as much from his country's own celebrated ukiyo-e woodcut style as classical European art.

John's artistic style draws inspiration from the iconic Japanese ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai, renowned for his woodblock print series, "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji."

, mokuhanga) is a technique best known for its use in the ukiyo-e artistic genre of single sheets, but it was also used for printing books in the same period.

30 June 1835 – 1 July 1900) was a ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock print artist. Talented as a child, at about thirteen he became a student of Tokyo's then-leading printmaker, Utagawa Kuni...

30 June 1835 – 1 July 1900) was a ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock print artist. Talented as a child, at about thirteen he became a student of Tokyo's then-leading printmaker, Utagawa Kuni...

30 June 1835 – 1 July 1900) was a ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock print artist. Talented as a child, at about thirteen he became a student of Tokyo's then-leading printmaker, Utagawa Kuni...

At first, Sugai adopted traditional ukiyo-e woodblock techniques, using bright colors to create prints infused with avant-garde art influences.

John's artistic style draws inspiration from the iconic Japanese ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai, renowned for his woodblock print series, "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji."

ABOUT JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTING The art of mokuhanga (木版画) has been practiced in Japan for over three centuries, reaching its classical zenith during the Edo period with the celeb...

Impressionist artists like Claude Monet were deeply inspired by Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints, particularly those by Hokusai and Hiroshige.

He was an extraordinarily versatile artist, at times close to the suiboku (literally; water and ink) style of the Muromachi school of painting, and at others borrowing themes from Uk...

The asymmetrical placement of the branches and the creative use of negative space, especially noticeable on the saucers, showcases the contemporaneous Japanism style influence, such ...

Ido belongs to the postwar sōsaku-hanga (“creative print”) lineage, in which the artist typically designs, carves, and prints the work personally — a departure from the older ukiyo-e...

Orlik sought to renew the old ukiyo-e tradition in what became the shin hanga “new woodcut prints” art movement.

Woodblock printing in Japan (mokuhanga) is a technique best known for its use in the ukiyo-e artistic genre of single sheets, but it was also used for printing books in the same peri...

Woodblock printing in Japan (mokuhanga) is a technique best known for its use in the ukiyo-e artistic genre of single sheets, but it was also used for printing books in the same peri...

At first, Sugai adopted traditional ukiyo-e woodblock techniques, using bright colors to create prints infused with avant-garde art influences.

John's artistic style draws inspiration from the iconic Japanese ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai, renowned for his woodblock print series, "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji."

John's artistic style draws inspiration from the iconic Japanese ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai, renowned for his woodblock print series, "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji."

Technique & Significance of Japanese Woodblock Printing (Moku Hanga) Traditional Japanese woodblock printing was introduced from China centuries ago and evolved into uniquely Ja...

Sadahide is also widely recognized for his early implementation of wide panoramic angles, linear perspectives, and bird's eye views, was a Japanese artist best known for his prints i...

Foujita positioned himself as a luminary of modernism by blending Japanese ukiyo-e techniques with European subjects and mediums.

His source material spans the Old Masters and twentieth-century art alike, drawing on Vermeer, Rembrandt, Piero della Francesca, Lucas Cranach, Correggio, Leonardo da Vinci, Pisanell...

The artwork's bold colors and dynamic brushstrokes reflect the Ukiyo-e woodblock print tradition, an artistic style that had been evolving for centuries in Japan.

This piece was allegedly part of a triptych, but no examples of the other two pieces exists, and this appears to be the most popular part of the triptych, with copies held by the Uni...