Ukiyo-e: pictures of the Floating World
Images of everyday Japan printed for popular consumption in the Edo period, represent one of the highpoints of Japanese cultural achievement.
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Japanese art & design: pictorial narrative
Traditional Japanese pictorial decoration is conceptual rather than realistic, and reads from right to left. One picture may illustrate a sequence of events that occurred a…
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Study Room resource: Japanese prints
This study room resource explores the art of ukiyo-e Japanese prints including the works of Utamaro, Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi.
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Review of MA Paper Conservation: Japanese prints
As part of an MA in Paper Conservation, I studied traditional Japanese prints, known as ukiyo-e prints. These were mainly produced in Edo (central Tokyo today) and Osaka, b…
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V&A Japanese Woodblock Prints Postcard Book
This book of 16 postcards showcases Japanese prints from the V&A's collection of ukiyo-e. With over 25,000 prints, paintings, drawings and books, …
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Spanning the Renaissance through to the early twentieth century, the Courtauld’s collection of prints and drawings is extensive.
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