![]() The Teahouse Waitress Takashima Ohisa The Teahouse Waitress Takashima Ohisa by Katsukawa Shunchō, 1790’s via The British Museum, London The print was widely distributed among print collectors and seen in everyday households.ĥ. The work may seem shocking to our eyes, but at the time this would have been a common image of shunga. Further, this fascinating image of a classic Japanese myth reveals how artists under the Tokugawa shogunate, who restricted sexual imagery, creatively depicted intercourse and sexual acts without breaking the law. This print is one of the best-known works from Japanese Edo art as well as classical shunga. Tako to Ama, the Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife falls into the illegal Ukiyo-e art category known as shunga. Tako to Ama, the Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife Taka to Ama, the Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife, Part of a three-volume shunga erotica book (“Young Pines”) by Katsushika Hokusai, 1814 via Many of Hiroshige’s most cherished designs show people doing familiar tasks tied to seasons, nature, and different rituals.Ĥ. Hiroshige, who was best known for his wide sweeping landscapes, finished this print in order to complete the Kisokaidō highway series abandoned by another Ukiyo-e artist Keisai Eisen. The print Seba comes from Hiroshige’s series titled One hundred views of famous places in Edo. ![]() Station thirty-two: Seba Station Thirty-Two: Seba by Utagawa Hiroshige, late 1830’s, via the Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln The tree featured in this print is known as the Sleeping Dragon Plum and it was lauded for its purity shown through double white blossoms, known for being so white that they could drive the darkness out of a soul.ģ. Van Gogh copied his design in 1887 and by doing so made it one of the most influential art prints from Ukiyo-e art. This print comes from Hiroshige’s series One hundred views of famous places in Edo. The Plum Garden at Kameido Shrine: A Ukiyo-e Masterpiece The Plum Garden at Kameido Shrine by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857 via The British Museum, London. It has been copied and reproduced considerably over the centuries.Ģ. This print was widely celebrated and collected by European and French collectors. The Famous Ukiyo-e Print Under The Great Wave of Kanagawa The Great Wave by Katsushika Hokusai, 1830, via The British Museum, London.īy far the best known Ukiyo-e print of all time, The Great Wave as it is commonly known, comes from Hokusai’s series titled 36 Views of Mount Fuji.
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