In the 1780s, the leading position was occupied by Kienaga. This he owes the publisher Nishimurai Ehati. The series “Fashion Models: Models New as Spring Foliage”, begun by Nishimurai back
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Actor Bando Hikosaburo III in the role of the warrior Sagisaka Sanan by Tousyusai Syaraku
This applies to engraving. Thus, the new concept of the landscape as an image of a specific locality is formed in Ukiyo-e under the direct influence of European works, primarily
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Rainfall over the bridge of Ohashi and Atake district by Ando Hiroshige
The toponym is included in the title of the engraving: Latake is a common name of the area, which is opened in the engraving of Hiroshige. This far shore became
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A large “recursive engraving” with the image of all the stars of the theater by Okumura Masanobu
One of the main themes of the latter was landscapes in which Dutch artists, with more or less success, used new methods of constructing an image for them: the perspective
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The pilgrimage of Torinomati in the fields of Asakusa by Ando Hiroshige
Color accents, not associated with the actual image, enhance the decorative sound of the sheets. This new quality, which developed in the work of Hiroshige only in the 1850s. Perceptions
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Iroquo of the three big cities “Kyoto” by Okumura Masanobu
In the life of the Japanese of this period, the “green neighborhoods” played a significant role, which was due to the special political situation in the country. Japan XVII-XIX centuries
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Two beauties by Kitaio Shigamas
The founder of Ukiye-e engraving is Hishikawa Moronobu, who was the first to create not only book illustrations, but also easel works. Engraving XVII – the first half of the
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Irises in Horikiri by Ando Hiroshige
Okumura Masanobu chose for himself the theme of tender, feminine female actors-female performers. The fact that they are young men, only small purple caps indicate the shaven, as befits a
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Osen with a buffalo by Suzuki Harinobu
– an uncial phenomenon in the history of world art. The Japanese borrowed its technique from China. As early as the 13th century, small Buddhist icons and amulets were printed
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The moon over the cape by Ando Hiroshige
Having paired compositions of two wrestling actors on a vertical sheet of paper, Torii Keenobu introduces into the composition such movement and passion as before did not know the engraving.
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Poet Ono-no Komati by Katsushika Hokusai
Unlike Hokusai, whose landscapes are of a philosophical reflection on nature and man, Hiroshige is primarily a lyricist. In his landscape sheets of the 1830s-1840s, the artist’s attitude to nature
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Actors Ichikawa Yaodzo II and Ichikawa Dandzyuro V by Katsukawa Sjunse
Students and followers of Sünse continued to search creatively for the teacher, trying to approach the actor more and more, and more specifically to convey his appearance. Katsukawa Sjunko, for
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