French version
Ukiyoe浮世絵alternative words: Ukiyo-e, Ukiyo e, Japanese woodprint, Woodprint keywords: art , ukiyoe related topics: Edo period , Hishikawa Moronobu , Suzuki Harunobu , Ando Hiroshige , Katsushika Hokusai , Kitagawa Utamaro , Shunga , Nishikie related web sites: http://www.ukiyoe.com , http://www.utagawa.or.jp , http://www.waseda.ac.jp/enpaku/gallery/gallery.html , http://www.azn.ne.jp/SUMO/ , http://www.nbn.co.jp/ukiyoe/ukiyoe_J.html explanation: Woodprint art appeared in Edo period. Thanks to a long warless state and prosperous merchant activity, this form of art had been extremely popular in Japan. The preferred subjects were at the beginning the face of actors and beautiful girls, but shifted later to the famous landscapes and travel scenery. Katsushika Hokusai and Ando Hiroshige were among the most famous artists. Ukiyoe means "pictures of the floating world" in Japanese. | |