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Japanese Woodblock Printing in the Tokugawa Period

Japanese Woodblock Printing in the Tokugawa Period. Moku Hanga. Tokugawa Period (1600-1868). Peaceful period: stability and change Tokugawa Overview Samurais under control of Tokugawa Shogunate Merchant class rising: creates demand for earthly pleasures in the “floating world”

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Japanese Woodblock Printing in the Tokugawa Period

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  1. Japanese Woodblock Printing in the Tokugawa Period MokuHanga

  2. Tokugawa Period (1600-1868) • Peaceful period: stability and change • Tokugawa Overview • Samurais under control of Tokugawa Shogunate • Merchant class rising: creates demand for earthly pleasures in the “floating world” • The Floating World • Arts flourishes

  3. Ukiyo-e Most dominant genre of woodblock printing in Japan Used for artistic woodblocks MokuHanga also used for book printing Edo period (1600-1868) Meiji period (post 1868)

  4. Utamaro 1753-1806 • Charms and tea are brimming overAnd neither gets cold!Let me not wakeFrom this lucky dream of the New YearAt Takashimaya.

  5. Recreating Utamaro’s Masterpiece Today Modern Woodblock Printing

  6. Hokusai (1760-1849) Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji

  7. Utagawa Hiroshige歌川 広重? (1797 – 1858)

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