Hokusai Archive
Hokusai Archive Here you will find a comprehensive catalogue of all Hokusai work sorted into published category or series. The number of categories or series on the left highlight the broad and long career of Japan’s greatest artist: Katsushika Hokusai. We have one of the top and most broad databases of Hokusai’s work free to …
Hiroshige Archive
Hiroshige Archive Here you will find a comprehensive catalogue of Hiroshige's amazing body of Japanese woodblock prints, sorted into published category or series. The number of categories or series on the left highlight the broad and long career of one of Japan’s greatest artist: Ando Hiroshige. Indexed here for you is one of the top …
Artistic Japan – Le Japon Artistique
Le Japon Artistique - December 1889 Monthly Publication What is Artistic Japan (Le Japon Artistique)? Siegfried Bing was the founder and editor of Le Japon Artistique, or, in English, Artistic Japan. Artistic Japan became a niche but highly respected artistic magazine publication centered around the beauty of Japanese art – especially Japanese woodblock prints. The …
What is Ukioy-e?
Ukiyo-e (literally “pictures of the floating world”) is the name given to paintings and prints primarily depicting the transitory world of the licensed pleasure quarters (Yoshiwara), the theater and pleasure quarters of Edo, present-day Tokyo, Japan. It is a composite term of uki(floating), yo (world), and e (pictures). Originally, ukiyo was a Buddhist term to express the impermanence of human life. During the Edo Period (1615–1868), however, ukiyo came …
Glossary of terms
The following is a list of frequently used terms in helping to describe Japanese woodblock prints. Aniline dye A synthetic dye discovered by William Henry Perkin in 1856. This dye was widely used in Japanese prints after its introduction to the country in 1864. Aratame A seal used by the censors to approve print designs. …
Selected Japanese Woodblock Print References
Here you will find selected citations of Japanese woodblock print books and Japanese art volumes: Asano, Shugo and Clark, Timothy, The Passionate Art of Kitagawa Utamaro, Asahi Shimbun, 1995 Bing, Siegfried: Artistic Japan, 1890 Forrer, Matthi and Goncourt, Edmond de, Hokusai, Rizzoli International Publications, 1988 Gentles, Margarent O., The Clarence Buckingham Collection of Japanese Prints, Volume 2 …