List of ukiyo-e terms

rdf:langString List of ukiyo-e terms

rdf:langString This is a list of terms frequently encountered in the description of ukiyo-e (浮世絵)-style Japanese woodblock prints and paintings. For a list of print sizes, see below. * Aizuri-e (藍摺絵); "blue picture" * Aka-e (赤絵); "red picture" * Aratame (改); "examined" character found in many censor seals * Baren (馬連、馬楝); a tool used to rub the back of a sheet of paper to pick up ink from the block * Beni-e (紅絵); primitive ukiyo-e style prints, usually printed in pink * Benizuri-e (紅刷絵, "crimson picture"); primitive ukiyo-e style prints, usually printed in pink and green * Bijin-ga (美 (び)人 (じん)画 (が)); pictures of beautiful women * Bokashi (printing) (ぼかし); technique of applying a gradation of ink to a moistened block to vary lightness and darkness (value) of a single colour * Censor seal; from 1790 until 1876 all woodblock prints had to be examined by official censors, and marked with their seals * Chūban (中判); a print size about 7 by 10 inches (18 cm × 25 cm) * Chūtanzaku (中短冊判); a print size about 14 by 5 inches (36 cm × 13 cm) * Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai); dating from 1603 to 1868, the period when Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate * E-hon (絵本); "picture book" * Fudezaishiki (筆彩色); colouring with a paintbrush * Furikake (振り掛け); powdered minerals or metals sprinkled onto a print during the production process * Gafu (画譜); album * Ganso (元祖); "founder" prefix, used on a print to indicate the publisher * Geisha (芸者); a common subject in ukiyo-e * Hanga (版画); a print * Hanmoto (版元); a publisher * Hashira-e (柱絵, "pillar print"); a print size about 28 by 4.5 inches (71 cm × 11 cm) * Horishi (彫師); a carver of woodblocks * Hosoban (細判); a print size about 13 by 5 inches (33 cm × 13 cm) * Iro-ban (色板); a colour block * Jōge-e (上下絵); prints that can be viewed from either top or bottom * The Tales of Ise (伊勢物語, Ise monogatari); an uta monogatari, or collection of waka poems and associated narratives, dating from the Heian period * Ishizuri-e (石摺絵); a print that mimics a stone rubbing, with uninked images or text on a dark, usually black, background * Ita-bokashi (板ぼかし, "block shading"); a technique for producing gradation achieved by sanding or abrading the edges of the carving * Kakemono-e (掛物絵); an ōban diptych arranged one above the other (also a hanging scroll painting) * Kachō-ga (花鳥画); paintings of flowers and birds * Kakihan (書き判); the artist's tag, used on prints with (or instead of) a signature * Kamigata (上方); region of Japan referring to the cities of Kyoto and Osaka * Kappazuri (合羽摺); prints of a single colour (usually black) coloured by stenciling. Prints produced entirely by stenciling, without woodblocks, are also called kappazuri. * Karazuri (空摺); dry printing, embossing * Kasure-bori (掠れ彫り, "scratch carving"); style of woodblock carving imitating dry brushstrokes * Kisokaidō (中山道); one of the Five Routes of the Edo period * Kiwame (極); "approved" character found in many censor seals * Kojita-e (小下絵); a rough sketch * Komochi-e (子持絵); prints with moveable parts * Mameban (豆判); a print size about 4.75 by 3.2 inches (12.1 cm × 8.1 cm), sometimes called a "toy print" * Mount Fuji (富士山, Fujisan); the highest mountain in Japan, a common subject * Musha-e (武者絵); warrior print * Namazu-e (鯰絵); prints depicting the Japanese mythological giant catfish, the Namazu (鯰) * Nikuhitsu-ga (肉筆画); a painting in the ukiyo-e style * Nishiki-e (錦絵); multi-coloured woodblock printing * Ōban (大判); a print size about 15.5 by 10.5 inches (39 cm × 27 cm) * Ōkubi-e (大首絵); portrait prints, busts * Schools (流派): Schools of ukiyo-e artists * Senso-e (戰爭絵); prints depicting the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Wars * Shin-hanga (新版画, "New prints"); 20th century ukiyo-e revival prints * Shita-e (下絵); final preparatory drawing pasted onto the block for printing * Shikishiban (色紙判); a print size about 8 by 7 inches (20 cm × 18 cm), often used for surimono * Shomen-zuri (正面摺, "front-printing"); a polishing technique sometimes used to create a shiny surface on black areas in prints * Shunga (春画, "spring image"); erotically themed art * Surimono (摺物); privately commissioned prints for special occasions such as the New Year * Surishi (摺師); a printer * Tan-e (丹絵); primitive ukiyo-e style prints, usually printed in red * Tate-e (縦絵); a print in vertical or "portrait" format * Tenpō Reforms (天保の改革, Tenpō no kaikaku); an array of economic policies introduced in 1842 by the Tokugawa Shogunate, precursor to Meiji Restoration * Tōkaidō (東海道); the most important of the Five Routes of the Edo period * Uchiwa-e (団扇絵); prints on paddle-shaped hand fans (uchiwa) * Uki-e (浮絵, "floating picture"); a picture using linear perspective * Ukiyo (浮世, "the floating world"); the culture of Edo-period Japan (1600–1867) * Urushi-e (漆絵); paintings painted with lacquer, and a printing style using ink that resembles the darkness and thickness of black lacquer * Waka (和歌); Japanese poetry * Washi (和紙); traditional Japanese paper * Yakusha-e (役者絵); prints of kabuki actors * Yoko-e (横絵); a print in horizontal or "landscape" format * Yokohama-e (横浜絵); prints depicting non-East Asian foreigners and scenes of Yokohama.