—Ukiyo-e is a glamorous genre painting based on the “ukiyo (workaday world),” a world reflecting theater and pleasure houses during the Edo period (17th-19th century). To meet the demand for mass production, many ukiyo-e prints were created using a technique called woodblock printing. In this method, the artist would draw the design, a carver would carve the patterns on a wooden block, and a printer would layer colors onto washi paper. Even the ukiyo-e prints that have survived to the present day are mostly woodblock prints.浮世絵は、江戸時代(17~19世紀)に流行した、芝居や遊里などの「浮世(俗世間)」を題材にした華やかな風俗画です。大量生産するため、その多くは木版という手法で制作されました。木版は、絵師が絵を描き、彫師が図柄を彫って、刷師が和紙に色を摺り重ねて制作する手法です。現代に残る浮世絵も、そのほとんどが木版画です。 ISHIKAWA Masumi, a ukiyo-e artist and disciple of the 6th generation UTAGAWA Toyokuni, developed his own approach to ukiyo-e expression using only brushwork. He has been delighting viewers with his new attempts and styles that have renewed the traditional image of ukiyo-e art. He has collaborated with the American
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