"The Great Wave of Kanagawa", describing huge waves threatening the boats in Kanagawa Oki Nami Ura (off Kanagawa), is a famous woodcut created by the Japanese Ukiyo-e painter Katsushika Hoku..
South Wind, Clear Sky (Gaifū kaisei) and Rainstorm Beneath the Summit (Sanka Hakuu) also described Mount Fuji in Japan, and they were the famous wood engravings authored by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist..
Rainstorm Beneath the Summit (Sanka Hakuu) and South Wind, Clear Sky (Gaifū kaisei) also described Mount Fuji in Japan, and they were the famous wood engravings authored by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist..
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was the student of the ukiyo-e master, Utagawa Toyohiro. Utagawa Hiroshige presented a somewhat ordinary yet elegant and refined style. He was good at comic sketches. Bac..
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was the student of the ukiyo-e master, Utagawa Toyohiro. Utagawa Hiroshige presented a somewhat ordinary yet elegant and refined style. He was good at comic sketches. Bac..
The series of prints, "Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces, Iyo Saijo", describing the scenery of more than sixty Japanese provinces were created in the period from 1853 to 1856, among w..
At the beginning of the Meiji era in 1872, the steam operated train was just introduced in Japan. It ran from Tokyo Shinbashi to Yokohama Port, passing through the present Ukiyo-e of the Takanawa Hill..
The Plum Garden in Kameido (Kameido Umeyashiki) was published in 1857 as one of the artworks in the series of One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo Hyakkei) – Spring authored by Utagawa Hi..