Ukiyo-e - Wikipedia
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.
Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
WEBJun 28, 2024 · Explore some of the most famous prints of beautiful women, or bijin, as subjects in Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock art.
The Ukiyo-e Artists You Need To Know - Google Arts & Culture
WEBUkiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art that became popular in the 17th century through to the 19th century. The word roughly translates as “pictures of the floating world” and artists belonging to...
Floating Beauty: Women in the Art of Ukiyo-e
WEBFloating Beauty: Women in the Art of Ukiyo-e examines historical perspectives on women and their depiction in art in Edo Period Japan (1615 – 1858). Made up entirely of woodblock prints created in the ukiyo-e style, this exhibition highlights female characters in literature, kabuki theatre, and poetry; the courtesans and geisha of the ...
Understanding the Evolution of Japanese Femininity Through Ukiyo-e …
WEBDec 10, 2018 · By reviewing Japanese ukiyo-e artwork from artists such as Hokusai and Kitao Masanobu we can understand how the stereotypes of Japanese femininity evolved.
Art of the Pleasure Quarters and the Ukiyo-e Style
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.
Waking Up: A Girl of the Kōka Era (1844–1848)
WEBWaking Up: A Girl of the Kōka Era (1844–1848) The series that made Yoshitoshi a noted artist was one of the most important Meiji series of ukiyo-e prints of beauties. The lady cleans her teeth with a split-bamboo toothbrush.
From the archives: Vanguards of Ukiyo-e: The Women of …
WEBDec 26, 2020 · This historic 'SCMA Insider' post from 2018 is about trailblazers: coming of age during World War II, Iwami Reika and Naoko Matsubara were two of the first women ukiyo-e woodblock printmakers in Japan.
The Floating World of Ukiyo-E - Library of Congress
WEBImages of ideal beauty provided a rich framework for Ukiyo-e artists, who often depicted women in the most up-to-date fashions and hairstyles. Fads in feminine beauty are also seen in prints of tall statuesque women, robust women of character, petite waif-like ingenues, mature full-bodied beauties, and other types.
The Floating World of Ukiyo-E Early Masters - Library of Congress
WEBErotic works and images of actors and beautiful women were common subjects in early Ukiyo-e. Also popular were themes from Japanese myth, legend, literature, and history. Ukiyo-e prints by early masters working from about 1600 to 1740 were issued in limited numbers and are extremely rare today.