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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.
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]
Suzuki Harunobu (1725–1770) achieved fame in the latter 1760s for his pioneering nishiki-e "brocade prints" made with a large number of coloured blocks. [5] These arose at a daishōkai [b] calendar-picture printing event hosted in 1765 by Ōkubo Kyosen , [6] a hatamoto samurai who produced haiku poetry and ukiyo-e art. [7]
Toyoharu's were not the first uki-e—Okumura Masanobu had made such works since the early 1740s, and claimed the genre's origin for himself. [5] Toyoharu's were the first uki-e in the full-colour nishiki-e genre that had developed in the 1760s. [6] [7] Several of his prints were based on imported prints from the West or China. [8]
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.
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.
Nishiki (錦, Nishiki) Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (Japanese); Jamie Marchi [10] (English) Nishiki first appears as a prison guard in Gokumonjo. She is later revealed as one of the last remaining members of the Fuma clan. However, she is not considered a pure and full-fledged Fuma as she has not completed the coming-of-age ceremony.
Murasaki Shikibu wrote her diary at the Heian imperial court between c. 1008 – c. 1010.She is depicted here in a c. 1765 nishiki-e by Komatsuken.. The Diary of Lady Murasaki (紫式部日記, Murasaki Shikibu Nikki) is the title given to a collection of diary fragments written by the 11th-century Japanese Heian era lady-in-waiting and writer Murasaki Shikibu.