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Ukiyo-e prints

Japan tradition · 5 examples · indicative market tier: $5k–50k (serious collector)

Ukiyo-e (Japanese: 浮世絵) is a genre of Japanese art that flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; flora and fauna; and erotica. The term ukiyo-e (浮世絵) translates as 'picture[s] of the floating world'. Wikipedia →

Types & examples

Wave
Wave, 1895–98
Cleveland Museum of Art
South Wind, Clear Sky, from Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
South Wind, Clear Sky, from Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, early 1830s
Cleveland Museum of Art
Courtesan Dreaming of her Childhood
Courtesan Dreaming of her Childhood, c. 1770
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Moon-Viewing Promontory, from One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo
The Moon-Viewing Promontory, from One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo, 1857
Cleveland Museum of Art
Driving Rain at Shōno, from Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaidō
Driving Rain at Shōno, from Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaidō, 1833
Cleveland Museum of Art

Where to buy

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