PRINTMAKING AND UKIYO-EArt – Ms. Crump

Types of Printmaking

Relief – ink on a raised surface Woodcut Linoleum cut

Intaglio –ink is below the surface Etching

Stencil – ink is pushed through a film template or pattern Screen printing or serigraphy

Planographic – plate surface is chemically treated

Woodcut Printing

Earliest printing technique Only method traditionally used in

East Asia Originated from China

Oldest example are fragments of silk from Han Dynasty (before year 220 CE)

Woodcut images on paper introduced in Europe in 1400s, slightly later in Japan

Ukiyo-e

Well-known Japanese woodblock printing genre produced from 17th-20th centuries

Ukiyo-e translated means “images of a floating world”

Motifs (subjects) include landscape and tales from history Kikugawa Eizan –

“Sakura”

Ando Hiroshige

Lived from 1797-1858 From Edo (Tokyo), Japan Specialized in landscapes

"Hundred Famous Places of Edo“ "Famous Views of the Eastern City“ "Fifty-Three Stages of the Tokaido",

which depict scenes along the old imperial highway from Edo (Tokyo) to Kyoto.

Hiroshige

Number 11 from “Fifty-Three Sages of the Tokaido”

Hiroshige

Number 16 “Evening Snow at Kanbara”

Hiroshige

Number 29 is the Tenryu River, west of Mitsuke

Hiroshige

From “One-hundred Views of Famous Places of Edo” Jumbo plain at Suzaki, Fukagawa and the Bridge at Awate

Hiroshige

“Wild Duck and Reeds in Snow", “A White Heron and Iris", “A Long-tailed Blue Bird on a Blooming Plum Branch" and “Sparrow, Moon, and Peach Blossoms",

Katsushika Hokusai

Lived from October or November 1760 – May 10, 1849

From Edo (Tokyo), Japan Specialized in landscapes Famous for his series “Thirty-six

Views of Mount Fuji”

Hokusai

“The Great Wave of Kanagawa”

Hokusai

“Red Fuji”

Hokusai

Tago Bay near Ejiri on the Tokaido

Hokusai

Mount Fuji Reflected on Water at Misaka in Kai Province

Hokusai

Inume Pass in Kai Province

Hokusai

A Shower Below the Summit

Kitagawa Utamaro

Lived from 1753 - October 31, 1806 May have been born in Edo (Tokyo),

Kyoto, or Osaka Well known for his prints of women,

known as bijinga

Utamaro

“A Beauty” “Dojouji”

Utamaro

“Woman Wiping Sweat” “Flowers of Edo: Young Woman's Narrative Chanting to the Samisen."

Utamaro

Utamaro