ukiyo-e

Traditional Japanese woodblock prints, parodies thereof, or other art based on that style.

Ukiyo-e (浮世絵), "pictures of the floating world", is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries, featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre and pleasure quarters. It is the main artistic genre of woodblock printing in Japan.

Examples

Kanagawa Oki Nami Ura

Notable pieces

• Kanagawa Oki Nami Ura (The Great Wave off Kanagawa)
• Otani Oniji III as Yakko Edobei
• Young Woman Blowing A Popen
• The Dream Of The Fisherman's Wife (also shunga)

See also

• ink wash painting
• nihonga
• fine art parody
• style parody
• Tag group:Image composition

External links

• Wikipedia: Ukiyo-e

The following tags are aliased to this tag: ukiyoe (learn more).

This tag implicates nihonga (learn more).