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Ukiyo-e Terms Ukiyo-e, musha-e, sumo-e, senso-e, kacho-e.

Ukiyo-e Terms
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"e" means "image" in the Japanese language. Art friends who encounter the world of Japanese prints for the first time, will soon be confronted with a lot of "-e" words like ukiyo-e or musha-e. Quite frustrating. This article explains 6 of the more common "-e" words: kacho-e, musha-e, nikishi-e, senso-e, sumo-e and ukiyo-e.
Ukiyo-e Terms

Osaka Prints About the Osaka Printmaking School.

Osaka Prints
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Appreciation of the Osaka print for many collectors entails the overcoming of a resistance to its conventions, particularly its figural style.
Kamigata - Prints from Osaka

Asobi-e - The Value of Pure Play About Play Prints

Asobi-e - The Value of Pure Play
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Asobi-e are Japanese prints made as a kind of playing tool for children and grown-ups too. Today they are a small collector's niche within the vast field of Japanese prints.
Asobi-e - Play Prints

Ukiyo-e Encounters Collector Tips by Dan McKee.

Ukiyo-e Encounters
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This essay by Dan McKee is about collecting ukiyo-e - Japanese prints. It has some recommendations and tips for novice as well as experienced collectors.
Ukiyo-e Encounters

Japanese Prints for Beginners Introduction.

Japanese Prints for Beginners
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The awareness of Japanese prints in Europe and North America began at the end of the 19th century when art and artisan products of Japan were exported to Western countries in large numbers. In Europe and especially in France a hype for everything Japanese set in. The French called it "Japonisme". Since then a worldwide community of collectors and art friends of Japanese prints has developed.
Japanese Prints for Beginners

Japanese Print Impressions Collector Tips.

Japanese Print Impressions
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Reprints, early and later editions, recuts, Heisei editions ... This is a confusing topic for art lovers and collectors of Japanese prints, who are not on an expert level. This article tries to shed some light on this tricky field in a straightforward manner and without getting into too many details.
Early and Late Impressions, Reproductions, Heisei Editions

Ukiyo-e Sites Saturday, November 10, 2001

A collection of the best Internet sources for Ukiyo-e.
Ukiyo-e

Ukiyo-e Glossary Some Basic Ukiyo-e Terms.

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