Julie VauxBooks and Ukiyo-e Two
July 4th 2008 04:33
Books and Ukiyo-e Two
Some pictures to go with the previous blog.
The first illustrated books in Japan that were printed rather than painted had monochrome pictures like this one by Anonymous which judging form the Early Ukiyo-e style was done by some one in the late 17th or early 18th century.
Artist Unknown
The next innovation was color but I'm skipping Haronubo and his contemporaries since they frequently appear in art history books.
This next image comes form the late 18th century. Most books on Ukiyo-e show Utamaro's Bijinga prints but he also did landscapes and a whole album of insect and flower images such as this one. Note the delicate colors almost watercolor like in effect. The artist had probably seen an imported hand tinted Qing album of prints?
Late 18th century by Utamaro
Skipping over Hokusia and Hiroshige who are well known this final print from the Decadent period in the late 19th century. The artist is called Yosai.
Enjoy!
Late 19th century ukiyo-e style
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