List of ukiyo-e terms explained
This is a list of terms frequently encountered in the description of -style Japanese woodblock prints and paintings. For a list of print sizes, see below.
- ; "blue picture"
- ; "red picture"
- ; "examined" character found in many censor seals
- ; a tool used to rub the back of a sheet of paper to pick up ink from the block
- ; primitive ukiyo-e style prints, usually printed in pink[1]
- ; primitive ukiyo-e style prints, usually printed in pink and green
- ; pictures of beautiful women
- ; technique of applying a gradation of ink to a moistened block to vary lightness and darkness (value) of a single colour
- Censor seal; from 1790 until 1876 all woodblock prints had to be examined by official censors, and marked with their seals
- ; a print size about 7inchesx10inchesin (xin)
- ; a print size about 14inchesx5inchesin (xin)
- ; dating from 1603 to 1868, the period when Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate
- ; "picture book"
- ; colouring with a paintbrush
- ; powdered minerals or metals sprinkled onto a print during the production process
- ; album
- ; "founder" prefix, used on a print to indicate the publisher
- ; a common subject in ukiyo-e
- ; a print
- ; a publisher
- ; a print size about 28inchesx4.5inchesin (xin)
- ; a carver of woodblocks
- ; a print size about 13inchesx5inchesin (xin)
- ; a colour block
- ; prints that can be viewed from either top or bottom
- ; an, or collection of poems and associated narratives, dating from the Heian period
- ; a print that mimics a stone rubbing, with uninked images or text on a dark, usually black, background
- ; a technique for producing gradation achieved by sanding or abrading the edges of the carving
- ; an diptych arranged one above the other (also a hanging scroll painting)
- ; paintings of flowers and birds
- ; the artist's tag, used on prints with (or instead of) a signature
- ; region of Japan referring to the cities of Kyoto and Osaka
- ; prints of a single colour (usually black) coloured by stenciling. Prints produced entirely by stenciling, without woodblocks, are also called .
- ; dry printing, embossing
- ; style of woodblock carving imitating dry brushstrokes
- ; one of the Five Routes of the Edo period
- ; "approved" character found in many censor seals
- ; a rough sketch
- ; prints with moveable parts
- ; a print size about 4.75inchesx3.2inchesin (xin), sometimes called a "toy print"
- ; the highest mountain in Japan, a common subject
- ; warrior print
- ; prints depicting the Japanese mythological giant catfish, the
- ; a painting in the ukiyo-e style
- ; multi-coloured woodblock printing
- ; a print size about 15.5inchesx10.5inchesin (xin)
- ; portrait prints, busts
- : Schools of ukiyo-e artists
- ; prints depicting the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Wars
- ; 20th century ukiyo-e revival prints
- ; final preparatory drawing pasted onto the block for printing
- ; a print size about 8inchesx7inchesin (xin), often used for
- ; a polishing technique sometimes used to create a shiny surface on black areas in prints
- ; erotically themed art
- ; privately commissioned prints for special occasions such as the New Year
- ; a printer
- ; primitive ukiyo-e style prints, usually printed in red[1]
- ; a print in vertical or "portrait" format
- ; an array of economic policies introduced in 1842 by the Tokugawa Shogunate, precursor to Meiji Restoration
- ; the most important of the Five Routes of the Edo period
- ; prints on paddle-shaped hand fans
- ; a picture using linear perspective
- ; the culture of Edo-period Japan (1600–1867)
- ; paintings painted with lacquer, and a printing style using ink that resembles the darkness and thickness of black lacquer
- ; Japanese poetry
- ; traditional Japanese paper
- ; prints of kabuki actors
- ; a print in horizontal or "landscape" format
- ; prints depicting non-East Asian foreigners and scenes of Yokohama.
Print sizes
The Japanese terms for vertical (portrait) and horizontal (landscape) formats for images are and, respectively.
Below is a table of common Tokugawa-period print sizes. Sizes varied depending on the period, and those given are approximate they are based on the pre-printing paper sizes, and paper was often trimmed after printing.
| + Print sizes |
| name | translation | cm (in) |
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| intermediate | 34x |
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| intermediate | 45.7x |
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| medium | 26x |
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| pillar print | 73x |
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| or | narrow | 33x |
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| 39x |
| hanging scroll | 76.5x |
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| long | 50x |
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| large | 38x |
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| 58x |
| large poem card | 38x |
|---|
| medium poem card | 38x |
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| a genre of woodblock print | 35x |
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| 12x –21x |
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Notes and References
- Web site: JAANUS / beni-e 紅絵 . www.aisf.or.jp . 25 November 2021.
