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Ukiyo-e [a] (浮世絵) is a genre of Japanese art that flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; flora and fauna; and erotica.
Chie Fueki (born 1973), Japanese-American painter; Mihona Fujii (born 1974), manga artist; Kazuko Fujita (born 1957), manga artist; Cocoa Fujiwara (1983–2015), manga artist; Hiro Fujiwara (born 1981), manga artist; Keiko Fukazawa (born 1955), ceramicist and sculptor; Ikuyo Fujita (birth year unknown), needle felt artist
This is a list of Japanese artists. This list is intended to encompass Japanese who are primarily fine artists. This list is intended to encompass Japanese who are primarily fine artists. For information on those who work primarily in film, television, advertising, manga, anime, video games, or performance arts, please see the relevant ...
Yayoi Kusama was born on 22 March 1929 in Matsumoto, Nagano. [11] Born into a family of merchants who owned a plant nursery and seed farm, [12] Kusama began drawing pictures of pumpkins in elementary school and created artwork she saw from hallucinations, works of which would later define her career. [9]
Japanese female comics artists (1 C, 217 P) F. Japanese women fashion designers (24 P) G. Japanese women graphic designers (7 P) I. Japanese women illustrators (1 C ...
Compared to yūjo, whose primary attraction was the sexual services they offered, oiran, and particularly tayū, were first and foremost entertainers.In order to become an oiran, a woman first had to be educated in a range of skills from a relatively young age, including sadō (Japanese tea ceremony), ikebana (flower arranging) and calligraphy.
Yoshiwara Night Scene (date unknown) – The parts of her name can be observed in this scene, distributed over three different lanterns tagged with symbols "O", "i", and "Ei". Ukiyo-e Ōta Memorial Museum of Art collection. Kuruwa in Grid View (date unknown) – Ukiyo-e Ōta Memorial Museum of Art collection.
Female Ghost is an ukiyo-e woodblock print dating to 1852 by celebrated Edo period artist Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Toyokuni III. Female Ghost exemplifies the nineteenth century Japanese vogue for the supernatural and superstitious in the literary and visual arts.