You may recognize the word Ukiyo from the famous "Ukiyo-e" art, which are well-known woodblock prints that let us see what Japan was like before photographs. In the case of Ukiyo whiskey ...

Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular. Ocho, a resident of an apartment building ...

Japan recently introduced a new series of bank notes. Some of the examples of the 1,000-yen denomination are being sold ...

Shunga is a type of Japanese art by famous ukiyo-e artists of the Edo Period, such as Utamaro, Hokusai, and Kiyonaga, but the artform’s development was thwarted by social norms that tabooed sex.

Utagawa Hiroshige is a fire warden from a low-ranking samurai family who is struggling to establish himself as an ukiyo-e artist ... he publishes the "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital ...

Another snag encountered by Jed Henry, creator of Ukiyo-e, was on Kickstarter's end ... Filmmaker Freddie Wong was already YouTube famous when he launched his first Kickstarter project, teaming ...

Is there an upcoming ukiyo-e artist adding a 21st-century flair to the genre? Nope. It’s all generative artificial intelligence. And it was fed 24,038 scans of actual pieces. The Evo-Ukiyoe ...

21.This is James Earl Jones in 1962, in one of his first TV appearances. He played Othello in The Cue for Passion, a ...

As the world’s first, and most famous, virtual idol, there’s a futuristic ... as we’ve seen in her hina ningyo doll and ukiyo-e woodblock prints. So for her next project, Miku is taking to the stage ...

Some of the best souvenirs to buy in Kyoto include Kyo-sensu (Japanese fans), kamo-ningyou (intricately hand-made dolls), damascene jewelry, Kyo Yaki porcelain, and Ukiyo-e woodblock prints ... known ...

Japan will launch new banknotes that will incorporate the world’s most advanced holography technology. This Holographic ...