Japanese Woodblock
Japanese woodblock prints, or ukiyo-e, are types of paintings produced by applying ink on a carved wooden block. Japan has skilled in carving and painting since olden days and their formal traditional originated during Edo period (1603-1868). Various prints portrayed Japanese lifestyles, bulging women, kabuki, masterpieces, and their scenic beauty depicting magnificent Japanese culture and aesthetics.
During Edo period, these prints took roots amongst the ordinary public serving as their chief form of visual art and emotive communication. Tayu Utagawa, Katsushika Hokusai, and Kitagawa Utamaro are some of the well known artists whose named are attached with transformed masterpieces like ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’ and ‘One Hundred Famous Views of Edo’.
The stunning vivid colors, angles, focus, and clarity of details captured print lovers as well as distinctively influenced the west leading post impressionist artists Vincent Van Gough and Claude Monet to Japan. Today their legacy is possessed by everyone who cherish art चाहे वह जापानी बनें या विदेश.
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