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Bookmark or Share- A Brief History of Japanese Art Prints (also known as Ukiyo-e)At the time of Perry’s arrival, Ukiyo-e was a popular contemporary art form, and many prints were on sale on the streets of Edo. Ukiyo-e subject matter included portraits of kabuki actors, theatre scenes, lovers, famed courtesans, and landscape scenes from Japan’s history and lore. It’s no surprise that Western visitors eagerly carried ...
- Art in Japan and Korea | US-China Institute - University of Southern ...Ukiyo-e - genre of Japanese art which flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; flora and fauna
- Ukiyo-e Art, Japanese Geographical Features, & Chinese Playing Card ...Ukiyo-e Art, Japanese Geographical Features, & Chinese Playing Card Lessons Rationale - I chose these 3 topics from our class discussions because they resignated with me the most. I found them to be the most relateable to my 3rd grade students and lessons I could incorporate into my academic year with ease.
- A trip to the LACMA is in order | US-China InstituteThis exhibition explores feminine beauty in the ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world) manner, inspired by fashion trends popular in the entertainment quarters of Edo. As Japan’s shogunal capital from 1603 to 1868, Edo (now Tokyo) had a predominantly male population, with a huge contingent of samurai and tradesmen who catered to them; in ...
- Japanese Ukiyo-e Prints | US-China InstituteI am taking the Ukiyo-e prints that depicted the everyday life and interests of the common people and asking kids to take photographs of their everyday lives to make connections. We will also be learning how Japanese artwork became so popular in western cultures
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