Antique Photo Print - Japanese Ukiyo-e print - Historic Wall Art Gift (13) – Vintage Wall Art
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Antique Photo Print - Japanese Ukiyo-e print - Historic Wall Art Gift (13)
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Dated 1750 in its record, this sheet belongs to the early decades of ukiyo-e, the "pictures of the floating world" that flourished in Edo-period Japan. These works were made by carving an image into wood blocks and pressing ink onto paper, so one design could be printed many times for a broad urban public. Ukiyo-e typically showed actors, courtesans, scenes of city life and landscapes, and it later shaped European taste for Japanese art. The record offers little detail about this particular sheet, so its subject and maker are best understood within that wider tradition.
| Created / published | 1750 |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 973 × 695 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-228037 |
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