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Nishiki-e (錦絵, "brocade picture") is a type of Japanese multi-coloured woodblock printing; the technique is used primarily in ukiyo-e. It was invented in the 1760s, and perfected and popularized by the printmaker Suzuki Harunobu , who produced many nishiki-e prints between 1765 and his death five years later.
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Ōtani Oniji III in the Role of the Servant Edobei, nishiki-e colour print, 1794. Tōshūsai Sharaku (Japanese: 東洲斎 写楽; active 1794–1795) was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer, known for his portraits of kabuki actors. Neither his true name nor the dates of his birth or death are known.
In the mid-18th century full-colour nishiki-e prints became common, printed using a large number of woodblocks, one for each colour. [ 2 ] Kitagawa Utamaro ( c. 1753 –1806) began designing prints in the 1770s; made his name in the 1790s with his bijin ōkubi-e ("large-headed pictures of beautiful women") portraits, focusing on the head and ...
Tsuitate no Danjo is a multicolour nishiki-e print made with ink on handmade washi paper [6] in ōban size, about 39 by 26 centimetres (15 in × 10 in). It was published in c. 1797 by Moriya Jihei []. [7]
Shunga, as a subset of ukiyo-e, was enjoyed by all social groups in the Edo period, despite being out of favor with the shogunate. The ukiyo-e movement sought to idealize contemporary urban living and appeal to the new chōnin class. Shunga followed the aesthetics of everyday life and widely varied in its depictions of sexuality.
Nurioke no bosetsu, colour nishiki-e print, 1766. Zashiki Hakkei (Japanese: 坐敷八景, [a] "Eight Parlour Views") is a series of eight prints from 1766 [2] by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Suzuki Harunobu. They were the first full-colour nishiki-e prints and are considered representative
The print is a vertical ōban of 37.9 × 24.9 centimetres (14.9 × 9.8 in), [24] and is a nishiki-e —a full-colour ukiyo-e print made from multiple woodblocks, one for each colour; the inked blocks are pressed on Japanese handmade paper. To produce a glittering effect the background is dusted with muscovite, a variety of mica.