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