List of ukiyo-e terms

This is a list of terms frequently encountered in the description of ukiyo-e (浮世絵)-style Japanese woodblock prints and paintings. For a list of print sizes, see below.Aizuri-e (藍摺絵); "blue picture" Aka-e (赤絵); "red picture" Aratame (改); "examined" character found in many censor seals Baren (馬連、馬楝); a tool used to rub the back of a sheet of paper to pick up ink from the block Beni-e (紅絵); primitive ukiyo-e style prints, usually printed in pink Benizuri-e ; primitive ukiyo-e style prints, usually printed in pink and green Bijin-ga ; pictures of beautiful women Bokashi (printing) (ぼかし); 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 Chūban (中判); a print size about 7 by 10 inches Chūtanzaku (中短冊判); a print size about 14 by 5 inches Edo period ; dating from 1603 to 1868, the period when Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate E-hon (絵本); "picture book" Fudezaishiki (筆彩色); colouring with a paintbrush Furikake (振り掛け); powdered minerals or metals sprinkled onto a print during the production process Gafu (画譜); album Ganso (元祖); "founder" prefix, used on a print to indicate the publisher Geisha (芸者); a common subject in ukiyo-e Hanga (版画); a print Hanmoto (版元); a publisher Hashira-e ; a print size about 28 by 4.5 inches Horishi (彫師); a carver of woodblocks Hosoban (細判); a print size about 13 by 5 inches Iro-ban (色板); a colour block Jōge-e (上下絵); prints that can be viewed from either top or bottom The Tales of Ise ; an uta monogatari, or collection of waka poems and associated narratives, dating from the Heian period Ishizuri-e (石摺絵); a print that mimics a stone rubbing, with uninked images or text on a dark, usually black, background Ita-bokashi ; a technique for producing gradation achieved by sanding or abrading the edges of the carving Kakemono-e (掛物絵); an ōban diptych arranged one above the other Kachō-ga (花鳥画); paintings of flowers and birds Kakihan (書き判); the artist's tag, used on prints with a signature Kamigata (上方); region of Japan referring to the cities of Kyoto and Osaka Kappazuri (合羽摺); prints of a single colour coloured by stenciling. Prints produced entirely by stenciling, without woodblocks, are also called kappazuri. Karazuri (空摺); dry printing, embossing Kasure-bori ; style of woodblock carving imitating dry brushstrokes Kisokaidō (中山道); one of the Five Routes of the Edo period Kiwame (極); "approved" character found in many censor seals Kojita-e (小下絵); a rough sketch Komochi-e (子持絵); prints with moveable parts Mameban (豆判); a print size about 4.75 by 3.2 inches, sometimes called a "toy print" Mount Fuji ; the highest mountain in Japan, a common subject Musha-e (武者絵); warrior print Namazu-e (鯰絵); prints depicting the Japanese mythological giant catfish, the Namazu (鯰) Nikuhitsu-ga (肉筆画); a painting in the ukiyo-e style Nishiki-e (錦絵); multi-coloured woodblock printing Ōban (大判); a print size about 15.5 by 10.5 inches Ōkubi-e (大首絵); portrait prints, busts Schools (流派): Schools of ukiyo-e artists Senso-e (戰爭絵); prints depicting the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Wars Shin-hanga ; 20th century ukiyo-e revival prints Shita-e (下絵); final preparatory drawing pasted onto the block for printing Shikishiban (色紙判); a print size about 8 by 7 inches, often used for surimono Shomen-zuri ; a polishing technique sometimes used to create a shiny surface on black areas in prints Shunga ; erotically themed art Surimono (摺物); privately commissioned prints for special occasions such as the New Year Surishi (摺師); a printer Tan-e (丹絵); primitive ukiyo-e style prints, usually printed in red Tate-e (縦絵); a print in vertical or "portrait" format Tenpō Reforms ; an array of economic policies introduced in 1842 by the Tokugawa Shogunate, precursor to Meiji Restoration Tōkaidō (東海道); the most important of the Five Routes of the Edo period Uchiwa-e (団扇絵); prints on paddle-shaped hand fans Uki-e ; a picture using linear perspective Ukiyo ; the culture of Edo-period Japan (1600–1867) Urushi-e (漆絵); paintings painted with lacquer, and a printing style using ink that resembles the darkness and thickness of black lacquer Waka (和歌); Japanese poetry Washi (和紙); traditional Japanese paper Yakusha-e (役者絵); prints of kabuki actors Yoko-e (横絵); a print in horizontal or "landscape" format Yokohama-e (横浜絵); prints depicting non-East Asian foreigners and scenes of Yokohama.

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