Traditional Japanese erotic art – shunga – flourished during the Edo period (1603–1867), along with the rise of ukiyo-e woodblock printing. Some of the greatest artists of the time, including Kitagawa ...

After World War II the quality of both Japanese and Western studies of ukiyo-e improved markedly, and a 1961 monograph by Jack Hillier (1912-1995) remains an attractive and well-informed introduction ...

One of Japan’s highly regarded ukiyo-e, or floating world, artists, Kitagawa Utamaro (c. 1753-1806), is the subject of three successive shows centered on three unusual works: wall-size paintings ...

5 Stars of Ukiyo-e Artists: Utamaro, Sharaku, Hokusai, Hiroshige, Kuniyoshi Art Ueno Royal Museum, Ueno Until 6 Jul 2025 Tuesday 3 June 2025 Written by Sébastien Raineri ...

Ukiyo-e portrays women who were idealized in many ways, and Utamaro devised much of the paradigm. He’s known for improbably willowy subjects, with oblong heads and elongated necks.

In 2014, the Okada Museum of Art in Hakone, Japan, made an announcement that startled the art world: It had discovered a long-lost painting by Utamaro, “Snow at Fukagawa.” The trio, painted in ukiyo-e ...

The great print works of ukiyo-e, by the likes of Hokusai, Hiroshige, and Utamaro, became fine art almost by accident. Originally mass produced for the popular market, their status was roughly ...

Glimpses into the Floating World: The History of Ukiyo-E is based on the Museum's varied holdings of Japanese works on paper and focuses on the popular woodblock prints produced between the 17th and ...

SINGAPORE — From the art world’s most familiar image of a sea wave to mysterious, sensual portraits of geishas, it’s time to enter the “floating world” of ukiyo-e.

“Ukiyo-e: Art and Tradition” is part of the Japan Foundation, Manila’s participation in the Philippine-Japan Friendship Month and in the 40th year of the ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation.