/r/ukiyoe
A place for posting, appreciating, and discussing Japanese Woodblock Prints.
What is Ukiyo-e?
Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art which 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. The term "ukiyo-e" (浮世絵) translates as "picture[s] of the floating world".
Rules:
Posts must be related to Ukiyoe. Subgenres such as Shin-hanga are also allowed. Contemporary/modern works are allowed as long as they are inspired by or done in the style of Ukiyoe.
Title guidelines: Posts must include the artist and year of release if possible. If your work is OC it must be marked as such.
NSFW must be tagged. Pretty self explanatory.
No self promotion or spam. It's okay to share self-created works, and link to social media, but linking to stores and personally selling work is a big no-no.
Posts about identifying prints, looking for specific ones, and discussing them are allowed.
Resources:
ukiyo-e.org: A database for Ukiyo-e prints. It contains over 223,000 prints from 24 institutions.
artelino.com: An online auction house for Japanese prints. It has a lot of information about prints.
/r/printmaking: a subreddit about making woodblock prints and discussing personal works
/r/Hiroshigeprints: a subreddit for Utagawa Hiroshige and his works.
/r/ukiyoe
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Hello, I'm looking for this print
13:23 UTC
Looking to identify artist - any help appreciated
I’ve recently come into possession of this print and I am trying to learn a bit more about it. I’ve seen the artist listed as both Kakei and Takahashi Shotei and was hoping someone might be able to identify which it is? Any thoughts on age/quality/reproduction would also be helpful.
12:41 UTC
Hello everyone, looking for artworks with ducks (or even chicken but preferably ducks), can someone help? Thanks
10:21 UTC
Kuniyoshi?
My aunt recently gave me this painting. She’s had it since the 60s and says it’s a Kuniyoshi middle piece but that’s about all. Any info if anyone has it would be appreciated.
22:40 UTC
Ukiyo-e Depicting Japanese Religious Figures
I am doing a project in a Japanese Religion class where I show various ukiyo-e and describe the gods/kami/figures depicted in them. If anyone has any favorite ukiyo-e with gods/kami/figures from Shinto, Buddhism, or any other religion, please link below!
21:02 UTC
This print (Otoyo possessed by a vampire cat, c'est la vie) had bath the other day. Only the purple, not the red, was water soluble aniline dye. Looks OK. It was from a recent album of this 36-print series that was broken and sold.
08:05 UTC
Does this sub have a guide for collecting prints?
I am an artist who collects animation art as well as contemporary abstract painting. I have also always loved prints! I took a Japanese Prints class in college and the professor brought in around 25 prints one day from his personal collection. Since then, I have hoped to someday get into collecting them myself and recently found my way to this sub.
Curious if there are any recommendations beyond eBay where one can look for purchasing original Japanese prints? What are some things to look out for which denotes authenticity? It seems like there are original prints from the artist’s era and then also re-prints? Are these ‘digital’ reprints or prints made from the original blocks? Is there an existing Print market in Japan itself if I were to travel there?
Would love to hear the general community’s thoughts on collecting! Thanks!
09:56 UTC