List of ukiyo-e terms
This is a list of terms frequently encountered in the description of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints and paintings.
- Aizuri-e
- Aka-e
- Baren
- Benizuri-e
- Bijinga
- Bokashi (printing)
- Chūban, a print size about 7 by 10 inches (18 by 25 centimeters)
- Chūtanzaku, a print size about 14 by 5 inches (36 by 13 centimeters)
- Edo period
- Geisha
- Hashira-e, “pillar print”, about 28 by 4.5 inches (73 by 13 centimeters)
- Hosoban, a print size about 13 by 5 inches (33 by 14.5 centimeters)
- Ise
- Ishizuri-e
- Kakemono-e, an ōban diptych arranged one above the other (also a hanging scroll paintings)
- Kamigata
- Kappazuri
- Kisokaidō
- Mameban, a print size about 4.75 by 3.2 inches (12 by 8 centimeters), sometimes called a “toy print”
- Mount Fuji
- Namazu-e
- Nikuhitsuga
- Nishiki-e
- Ōban, a print size about 15½ by 10½ inches (39 by 26.5 centimeters)
- Ōkubi-e
- Osaka
- Schools
- Shikishiban, a print size about 8 by 7 inches (21 by 18 centimeters) often used for surimono
- Shunga
- Surimono
- Tate-e, a print in vertical or “portrait” format
- Tenpō reforms
- Tōkaidō
- Ukiyo
- Urushi-e
- Washi
- Yakusha-e
- Yoko-e, a print in horizontal or “landscape” format
- Yokohama-e
See also
References
- Lane, Richard. (1978). Images from the Floating World, The Japanese Print. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 10-ISBN 0192114476/13-ISBN 9780192114471; OCLC 5246796
- Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005). Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints. Amsterdam: Hotei. 10-ISBN 9074822657/13-ISBN 9789074822657; OCLC 61666175
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