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Ukiyo-e (usually written 浮世絵, meaning "pictures of the floating world", but also 憂き世絵, "pictures of the sad world") are paintings developed in the Edo period (1603–1867), many of them becoming widespread as woodblock prints in Japan. The art form arose in the metropolitan culture of Edo (Tokyo) during the second half of the 17th century, originating with the single color works of Hishikawa Moronobu in the 1670s. At first, only India ink was used, but in the 18th century Suzuki Harunobu developed the technique of polychrome printing.

Ukiyo-e feature motifs of the theater and pleasure quarters. Ukiyo-e were affordable because they could be mass-produced. They were meant for mainly townsmen, who were generally not wealthy enough to afford an original painting. The original subject of Ukiyo-e was city life, in particular activities and scenes from the entertainment district. Beautiful courtesans, bulky sumo wrestlers and popular actors would be portrayed while engaged in appealing activities. Later on landscapes also became popular. Political subjects, and individuals above the lowest strata of society (courtesans, wrestlers and actors) were not sanctioned in these prints and very rarely appeared. Sex was not a sanctioned subject either, but continually appeared in ukiyo-e prints. Artists and publishers were sometimes punished for creating these sexually explicit shunga.

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…that the remaining panels of Duccio’s masterpiece, the Maestà, are divided between five cities?

…that, because the lion is not native to China, many of the guardian lion sculptures outside Chinese imperial palaces are based on Pekingese dogs?

…that the French art thief Stephane Breitwieser was able to recall every one of the 239 artworks he stole, even interrupting the reading of his collection during his trial several times to correct details?

…that the media used by British artist Andy Goldsworthy include twigs, thorns, mud, snow, icicles and leaves?

…that James McNeill Whistler’s death was prematurely reported by a Dutch newspaper, causing Whistler to say that reading his own obituary gave him “a tender glow of health”?

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If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.
   —Edward Hopper

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Subcategories of Art:
Visual arts - Art by nationality - Artists - Artists by nationality - Arts councils - Artist collectives - Art collectors - Art critics - Fin de siècle - Art forgery - Gay art - Art genres - Art materials - Art movements - Visual art movements - Art museums and galleries - Painting - Philosophy of art - Art schools - Sculpture - Artistic techniques - Art and design workers - Works of art - Art stubs - Artist stubs

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WikiProjects connected with art:

• Visual arts
  • Architecture
  • Comics (Also under Literature)
    • Anime and manga
    • Comic strips

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