Japanese prints

Eastern woodblock art

Japanese prints are woodblock prints produced in Japan, particularly the *ukiyo-e* tradition that flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries.

These prints depicted landscapes, kabuki actors, beautiful women, and scenes of everyday life.

The style influenced Western artists like Van Gogh and Whistler: She collects Japanese prints from the Edo period.

The term usually implies traditional woodblock techniques rather than modern printing methods.

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artistic medium and technique

Japanese printsoil paintings

Artwork using pigmented oils

Renaissance paintings · frescoes · bronze sculpture · marble sculpture · watercolors

cultural and geographic origin

Japanese printsWestern art

European visual heritage

European art · Italian Renaissance art · American art · Roman art · Persian miniatures

aesthetic philosophy

Japanese printshyperrealism

Theory of simulation dominance

trompe-l'oeil · trompe l'oeil

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