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Who Was Japanese Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi?
Today we have another edition of our "Famous Japanese Woodblock Print Artists" series. This time we tackle the question of "who was Utagawa Kuniyoshi?" In our recent video on Kunisada,...
Who Was Japanese Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi?
Today we have another edition of our "Famous Japanese Woodblock Print Artists" series. This time we tackle the question of "who was Utagawa Kuniyoshi?" In our recent video on Kunisada,...
Who Was Japanese Artist Toyohara Chikanobu?
This article is part of our ongoing series on famous Japanese woodblock print artists. Today our ukiyo-e artist is Toyohara Chikanobu. We’ll learn about his background and see some great examples of...
Who Was Japanese Artist Toyohara Chikanobu?
This article is part of our ongoing series on famous Japanese woodblock print artists. Today our ukiyo-e artist is Toyohara Chikanobu. We’ll learn about his background and see some great examples of...
Christie's Auction of Hokusai's 36 Views of Mou...
Mark your calendars! There's a big event coming up in March. Christie's the world famous auction house will be Auctioning a rare complete set of 46 ukiyo-e woodblock prints by...
Christie's Auction of Hokusai's 36 Views of Mou...
Mark your calendars! There's a big event coming up in March. Christie's the world famous auction house will be Auctioning a rare complete set of 46 ukiyo-e woodblock prints by...
Restaurant Themed Woodblock Prints
In today's world of couples taking endless selfies out at trendy restaurants, it's interesting to discover that many prominent Ukiyo-e artists also created print series around famous Japanese restaurants. We...
Restaurant Themed Woodblock Prints
In today's world of couples taking endless selfies out at trendy restaurants, it's interesting to discover that many prominent Ukiyo-e artists also created print series around famous Japanese restaurants. We...
Ando Hiroshige - Criticism Of His Prints In Jap...
I wrote this paper on Hiroshige back in 1983 for my college Art History class. I think it contains a lot of interesting historical information about the artist and his...
Ando Hiroshige - Criticism Of His Prints In Jap...
I wrote this paper on Hiroshige back in 1983 for my college Art History class. I think it contains a lot of interesting historical information about the artist and his...
WTF Woodblock Pricing
I saw this item for auction and had to blog about it. It's a posting for a Hiroshige II print on ebay. Read along and see if you can spot...
WTF Woodblock Pricing
I saw this item for auction and had to blog about it. It's a posting for a Hiroshige II print on ebay. Read along and see if you can spot...