2500 + RARE JAPANESE 17TH-20TH CENTURY PRINTS ON CD

2500 + RARE JAPANESE
17TH-20TH CENTURY ANTIQUE PRINTS

Early 17th to 20th Century Japanese Prints Collection

Japanese woodblock prints and drawings, dating from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, by such artists as Hiroshige, Kuniyoshi, Sadahide, and Yoshiiku. Subjects include actors, women, landscapes, scenes from Japanese literature and daily life, and Western foreigners. Many schools and traditions are represented, but primary strengths include the Japanese art forms known as Ukiyo-e, translated as "pictures of the floating (or sorrowful) world"; and Yokohama-e, literally "pictures of Yokohama."

 

Small Sample of Thumbnails from Collection

Ukiyo-e ("Pictures of the floating (or sorrowful) world")

The Japanese art of Ukiyo-e developed in the city of Edo (now Tokyo) during the Tokugawa or Edo Period (1600-1868), a relatively peaceful 250 years during which the Tokugawa shoguns ruled Japan and made Edo the shogunal seat of power.

The licensed pleasure quarter of Edo, known as the Yoshiwara, famed for its government-sanctioned brothels, kabuki theater, fashionable restaurants, and street entertainment, was a principal inspiration for many Ukiyo-e artists. Various forms of entertainment, particularly kabuki theater and the pleasure quarters, lured monied patrons who were eager in turn to acquire the vivid images of celebrated actors and beautiful courtesans. Over time, travel became a popular form of leisure and the pleasures of the natural environment, interesting landmarks, and the adventures encountered en route also became favorite Ukiyo-e themes. Subjects from Japanese myth, legend, literature, history, and daily life were also popular.

This Collection includes diptych (2 Prints), triptych (3 Prints) and multi-ptych prints which means in lay terms a print created in to sections and presented as a whole.
(below is a triptych print presented as a whole image.)

Types of Prints included in this exclusive Collection are:

Japanese Drawing Prints Japanese Prints Japanese prints on Hosho paper Japanese Ukiyo-e print Various Titled Prints

 

More Thumbnail Samples From The Collection

Many different subjects are presented on these prints:

More Thumbnail Samples From The Collection

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Ukiyo-e Strip Prints are smaller and usually framed in thin strip frames.

Copy and paste prints, use in other projects. Print your images out for framing makes a exquisite addition to any home or office gallery. Images can be printed out to create your own prints, size and quality depends on the user.

2500 + RARE JAPANESE 17TH to 20TH CENTURY ANTIQUE PRINTS ON CD