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Ukiyo-e Glossary      Some Basic Ukiyo-e Terms.

Ukiyo-e Glossary
Ukiyo-e Glossary
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Collectors of Japanese woodblock prints are used to a great number of specific terms and expressions taken from the Japanese language. It begins with the word ukiyoe, used as a synonym for Japanese woodblock prints, which is certainly not part of everyday's English.
Ukiyo-e Glossary

Ukiyo-e Books      Saturday, November 10, 2001

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Ukiyo-e Books
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Six ukiyo-e book recommendations.
Ukiyo-e Books

Ukiyo-e Artists      Overview for Beginners in Ukiyo-e.

Ukiyo-e Artists
Ukiyo-e Artists
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This article is an overview on the best-known ukiyo-e artists. Newbie level!
Ukiyo-e Artists

Hasui Kawase      Shin Hanga Master and Living Treasure.

Hasui Kawase
Hasui Kawase
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Hasui Kawase is one of the great masters of the shin hanga movement. Shortly before his death, he was declared a Living National Treasure by the Japanese government. Hasui was the first artist to receive this great award.
Hasui Kawase

Noh Theater      Traditional Japanese Theater.

Noh Theater
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Noh theater, compared to kabuki, is the more refined, aristocratic form of Japanese theater. Paul Binnie, the author of this article lived in Tokyo for more than five years and became an expert and afficionado for Japanese theater.
Noh Theater - Introduction

Ando Hiroshige - 1797-1858      Master of the Tokaido Stations.

Ando Hiroshige - 1797-1858
Ando Hiroshige - 1797-1858
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Ando Hiroshige is usually connected with landscape and nature prints. Together with Hokusai he is considered as the dominant figure of printmaking in the first half of the nineteenth century.
Hiroshige - his Biography

Yoshitoshi Tsukioka 1839-1892      Great Meiji Master and Genius.

Yoshitoshi Tsukioka 1839-1892
Yoshitoshi Tsukioka 1839-1892
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Yoshitoshi Tsukioka lived during a period of incredible turmoil and upheaval in Japan. After the forced opening of the country by a US fleet, Japan underwent an often bloody transition from a feudal society to modern Japan. Yoshitoshi's personal life was like an analogy of this difficult era.
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Biography

Hikifuda      Wednesday, May 16, 2001

Hikifuda
Hikifuda
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By Peter Ujlaki, reprinted from Daruma magazine # 26.
Heaps of Fun with Hikifuda

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