Ukiyo

Bryce Robinson Professor Mann COLA 100LA-1007 30 September 2017 The History of Japanese Art Prints (Ukiyo-e) Japanese art prints, or Ukiyo-e (which literally means “pictures of the floating world”) have been around for centuries and has been an increasingly popular art form in the Western world especially in both Europe and North America throughout the 19th centuryJapanese. “Their upward, floating imagery that is often used in Ukiyo-e sprang from the Buddhist ideology that joy is transient and that only detachment from desire will bring true enlightenment” (Gauvreau). These art prints have had a rich history and development in Japan, as well as producing offshoots of Ukiyo-e prints, and collectors from around the world. Japanese printmaking…

The visual style of the ukiyo-r print is very similar to the performance style of the Kabuki theater. The two pieces of art both share the same coloring. The emotions in the theater are also represented in the ukiyo-r print. Both forms of art show what life was like during that time period. The ukiyo-r print and the performance style of the Kabuki theater are very similar forms of art that have the same colors, emotions, and story. The colors in the ukiyo-r print and the performance style of…

Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese artist during the 18th and 19th centuries who is known for woodblock printing, “Ukiyo-e” painting, and manga art. What is unique about him is his interest in the “relationship between light and natural phenomena” and how he captured “the moods of nature and the atmospheric conditions of the different seasons and weather” (Hane 39). His most well known piece is “Mount Fuji Seen Below a Wave at Kanagawa” which is part of his series of woodblock prints known as…

Dejima yujo de-Kawari no zu (Deshima Prostitute with Fan) is a woodblock print by an anonymous artist in Nagasaki, Japan c. 1800. The print was purchased from C.R. Boxer in 1951, collected by J.C. Pabst and is currently held in the British Museum collection in London. Deshima Prostitute with Fan is a good example of Nagasaki-e prints, which are recognizable through their depictions of Dutch people, ships and exotic animals. A derivative of the popular Ukiyo-e print genre, Nagasaki-e prints were…

In the 18th and 19th centuries many western artists, both in Europe and America, were influenced by the influx of Japanese design and ukiyo-e prints. Considering this phenomenon, an artwork I chose to write about that you can see this in is Vincent van Gogh’s canvas painting Bridge in the Rain. In 1886 Van Gogh moved to Paris and was introduced to Japonism and ukiyo-e because his brother ran an art gallery and he lived next to one. He was fascinated with the designs, colors, and compositions of…

The bedding cover natively known as the Futonji is a 19th-century textile artwork which has its origin in Japan. It is made of plain weave pure cotton and has some paste resist decorations of extremely colorful flowers and Japanese fan. The artwork is in very good condition and has the dimension of 60 3/4 × 53 inches. The piece of textile artwork is available in the Dallas Museum of Art, Art in Asia which happened to be a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Bloom. The futonji piece of artwork is…

Japanese woodblock prints transition into Ukiyo-e, which means “pictures of the floating world”, towards the end of the feudal era called the Edo period, 1603-1868 CE. Hishikawa Moronobu, 1618-1694, was the first great master that popularized this style of print in Japan, that eventually spread to the rest of the world. Suzuki Harunobu, 1725-1770, was the first to create and produce full (more than two or three) color prints, which led to more elaborate and colorful prints as the years…

Monet 's collection of Japanese woodblock prints seems almost out of place, but upon entering the gardens you see expounding Japanese influence. One can plainly see that the use of a single color in many shades and the lack of overt, or obvious, detail in some rooms was, in and of itself, a reference to the art of the Edo period and Ukiyo-e artists. While his gardens were their own floating worlds, the ponds and architecture suggests a way to move beyond our limited perspective and to be a…

Analysis to “A Visit to The Yoshiwara” by Hishikawa Moronobu The image’s name is “A Visit to The Yoshiwara” which painted by a Japanese artist, Hishikawa Moronobu: First Master Of Ukiyo-E. It was painted in the late 1680s and it used hand scroll, ink, color, and gold on paper. The reason why this image is a good example for this paper is because of its unique painting’s style. Specifically, this hand scroll painting, which unfolds in fifteen self-contained episodes, is the longest (with the…

Exhibited at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Juxtapoz x Superflat was a show co-curated by Murakami, whose illustrations are often shown in gallery spaces, though he too retains a strong entrepreneurial sense. Directly drawn from traditionally flat Japanese imagery, Murakami’s superflat aesthetic appeals directly to otaku and kawaii culture, otaku as a fan-based subculture and kawaii as a culture of cuteness (Laurence). He views these cultures as a specific response to the trauma of Japanese people,…