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Gyotaku (魚拓, from gyo "fish" + taku "stone impression", fish print(ing)) is the traditional Japanese method of printing fish, a practice which dates back to the mid-1800s. This form of nature printing , where ink is applied to a fish which is then pressed onto paper, was used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an art ...
Utamakura (歌まくら, "poem[s] of the pillow") is a book of 12 erotic prints attributed to Utamaro, published in 1788. [10] The first print depicts a pair of kappa river creatures raping an ama diver underwater. [11] Her hair flows with the running current, [12] and small, seemingly curious fish swim near. [13]
The print is Hokusai's best-known work and the first in his series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, in which the use of Prussian blue revolutionized Japanese prints. The composition of The Great Wave is a synthesis of traditional Japanese prints and use of graphical perspective developed in Europe, and earned him immediate success in Japan and ...
Oceans of Wisdom (Japanese: Chie no umi (千絵の海) [1]) is a chūban yoko-e (19 × 25.4 cm) sized woodblock print series by the Japanese artist Hokusai. The ten fishing-themed prints comprise one of Hokusai's rarest sets. Published by Moriya Jihei, [2] it seems to have been issued around 1832–1834 [3] [4] and publication of the prints ...
Ohno Bakufu (大野麦風, 1888–1976) was a Japanese painter and printmaker in the shin-hanga style. He was born in Tokyo, Japan. [1] Over his lifetime he created over seventy designs. His best known collection of work is the Great Japanese Fish Picture Collection (大日本魚類画集). [2]
The Great Wave off Kanagawa (神奈川沖浪裏, Kanagawa-oki nami-ura) print by Hokusai Metropolitan Museum of Art. Woodblock printing in Japan (木版画, mokuhanga) is a technique best known for its use in the ukiyo-e [1] artistic genre of single sheets, but it was also used for printing books in the same period.