The first master who started working in this technique was Suzuki Harunobu. He not only brought technical innovations to the art of woodcuts, but also used its capabilities in conveying

Okumur Masanobu, the second outstanding master of this period, has a more independent approach to easel engraving. Although he still prefers horizontal formats, he also uses vertical formats that are

In addition to the series, the publisher Woya Eckichi released another sheet in which engravings were listed and grouped. Each sheet from “One hundred famous kinds of Edo” is accompanied

The later landscapes of Hiroshige are no less generalized and symbolic than the landscapes of Hokusai. But, unlike them, they do not break with one of the main principles of

In the Edo period, Camaydo-mura was a suburb of the capital. A special fame here was the unusual plum tree Garubai. The tree died after the 13th Meiji flood. On

Contemporaries saw in the works of Hiroshige a reminder of visits to certain places in Japan, famous for their beauty. However, he was often reproached for deliberately distorting the real

Despite the fact that early ukieh can not be considered landscapes in the full sense of the word, the activities of Masanobu, Kokan and their followers are the first, but

The founder of the Katsukawa dynasty was Katsukawa Syunse, who devoted almost the entire life to a theatrical theme. Thanks to him, she sounded in full force of color, having

One of them was connected with the attempt of the artist to use in the engraving the scheme and imaginative structure of the landscapes of the traditional schools of Kano

Not just a reliable image of the terrain and not even the elevation of a specific topographic motif to the level of a symbol, but the creation of an image

The series “One hundred famous kinds of Edo” – “Mase Edo Hyakkei” – occupies a special place both in the creative biography of the famous artist Ando Hiroshige, and in

They were very popular in Japan and were often demonstrated using the dozoki-karakuri device, in which the picture was first reflected in a mirror, and then enlarged by a magnifying

This time is considered the period of the heyday of the art of Ukiyo-e. The first half – the middle of the XIX century – his last period, when a

At the end of 1764, Harunobu released egoemi – illustrated calendars, printed in several colors. They were intended for members of the society “Kikuransya”, which was headed by Okubo Jinsiro

Japanese woodcut is an edged xylograph. Clichés were made for it on the longitudinal section of a pear or cherry tree. The sketch of the artist was superimposed on the