Impressions of Ukiyo-ye, the School of the Japanese Colour-print Artists
Ukiyo-ye prepared Japan for intercourse with other nations by developing in the common people an interest in other countries, in science and foreign culture, and by promoting the desire to travel, through the means of illustrated books of varied scenes. To Ukiyo-ye, the Japanese owed the gradual expansion of international consciousness, which culminated in the revolution of 1868,—a revolution, the most astonishing in history, accomplished as if by miracle; but the esoteric germ of this seemingly spontaneous growth of Meiji lay in the atelier of the artists of Ukiyo-ye. (Summary by the author, Dora Amsden)
Genre(s): Art, Design & Architecture
Language: English
Keyword(s): Japan (88), japanese art (1), ukiyo-ye (1), genroku (1), torii (1), utamaro (1), hokusai (1), hiroshige (1), woodblock print (1), ukiyo-e (1)
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | The Rise of Ukiyo-ye (The Floating World) | Bryn Roberts |
00:26:00 |
| Play 02 | Genroku (The Golden Era of Romance and Art) | Bryn Roberts |
00:25:11 |
| Play 03 | The School of Torii (The Printers’ Branch of Ukiyo-ye) | Bryn Roberts |
00:21:04 |
| Play 04 | Utamaro (Le Fondateur de L’École de la Vie) | Bryn Roberts |
00:24:24 |
| Play 05 | The Romance of Hokusai (Master of Ukiyo-ye) | Bryn Roberts |
00:20:51 |
| Play 06 | Hiroshige (Landscape Painter and Apostle of Impressionism) | Bryn Roberts |
00:25:33 |
| Play 07 | Analytical Comparisons between the Masters of Ukiyo-ye | Bryn Roberts |
00:15:56 |
| Play 08 | Hints to Collectors of Ukiyo-ye Gems | Bryn Roberts |
00:02:42 |