Antique Photo Print - Japanese Ukiyo-e print - Antique Wall Decor Print (7) – Historic Photo Reproduction
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Antique Photo Print - Japanese Ukiyo-e print - Antique Wall Decor Print (7)
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Dated 1750 and catalogued as a Japanese ukiyo-e print, this piece has no specific subject named in its record, so its scene cannot be identified here. Ukiyo-e, meaning "pictures of the floating world," was a woodblock tradition that flourished in Edo, now Tokyo, and typically showed actors, courtesans, landscapes, and street life. A date of 1750 places it in the early Edo period, before full-color printing became common in the 1760s, so each color would have required its own carved block. The record also calls it a photo print, which is unlikely for an original woodblock, so it may be a later reproduction.
| Created / published | 1750 |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 734 × 980 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-228338 |
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