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PRINTMAKING AND UKIYO-EArt – Ms. Crump
Types of Printmaking
Relief – ink on a raised surface Woodcut Linoleum cut
Intaglio –ink is below the surface Etching
Stencil – ink is pushed through a film template or pattern Screen printing or serigraphy
Planographic – plate surface is chemically treated
Woodcut Printing
Earliest printing technique Only method traditionally used in
East Asia Originated from China
Oldest example are fragments of silk from Han Dynasty (before year 220 CE)
Woodcut images on paper introduced in Europe in 1400s, slightly later in Japan
Ukiyo-e Well-known Japanese
woodblock printing genre produced from 17th-20th centuries
Ukiyo-e translated means “images of a floating world”
Motifs (subjects) include landscape and tales from history Kikugawa Eizan –
“Sakura”
Ando Hiroshige
Lived from 1797-1858 From Edo (Tokyo), Japan Specialized in landscapes
"Hundred Famous Places of Edo“ "Famous Views of the Eastern City“ "Fifty-Three Stages of the Tokaido",
which depict scenes along the old imperial highway from Edo (Tokyo) to Kyoto.
Hiroshige
Number 11 from “Fifty-Three Sages of the Tokaido”
Hiroshige
Number 16 “Evening Snow at Kanbara”
Hiroshige
Number 29 is the Tenryu River, west of Mitsuke
Hiroshige
From “One-hundred Views of Famous Places of Edo” Jumbo plain at Suzaki, Fukagawa and the Bridge at Awate
Hiroshige
“Wild Duck and Reeds in Snow", “A White Heron and Iris", “A Long-tailed Blue Bird on a Blooming Plum Branch" and “Sparrow, Moon, and Peach Blossoms",
Katsushika Hokusai
Lived from October or November 1760 – May 10, 1849
From Edo (Tokyo), Japan Specialized in landscapes Famous for his series “Thirty-six
Views of Mount Fuji”
Hokusai
“The Great Wave of Kanagawa”
Hokusai
“Red Fuji”
Hokusai
Tago Bay near Ejiri on the Tokaido
Hokusai
Mount Fuji Reflected on Water at Misaka in Kai Province
Hokusai
Inume Pass in Kai Province
Hokusai
A Shower Below the Summit
Kitagawa Utamaro
Lived from 1753 - October 31, 1806 May have been born in Edo (Tokyo),
Kyoto, or Osaka Well known for his prints of women,
known as bijinga
Utamaro
“A Beauty” “Dojouji”
Utamaro
“Woman Wiping Sweat” “Flowers of Edo: Young Woman's Narrative Chanting to the Samisen."
Utamaro
Utamaro