Ukiyo-e

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  1. Chikanobu Yoshu
  2. Chikashige Morikawa
  3. Chikayoshi Toyohara
  4. Choki Eishosai
  5. Eiri Rekisentei
  6. Eisen Keisai
  7. Eishi Chobunsai
  8. Eisho Chokosai
  9. Eizan Kikugawa
  10. Eshi Tomikawa Fusanobu
  11. Fusatane Utagawa
  12. Gekko Ogata
  13. Ginko Adachi
  14. Hakuga Koikawa
  15. Hanko Kajita
  16. Harunobu Suzuki
  17. Hidemaro Kitagawa
  18. Hirokage Utagawa
  19. Hironobu Utagawa
  20. Hirosada Konishi
  21. Hiroshige I Utagawa (Hiroshige Ando)
  22. Hiroshige II Utagawa
  23. Hiroshige III Utagawa
  24. Hokoku Kitamura
  25. Hokusai Katsushika
  26. Hokushu Shunkosai
  27. Ikkei Shosai
  28. Katsushika Hokui
  29. Keinen Imao
  30. Kiyochika Kobayashi
  31. Kiyonaga Torii
  32. Kiyosada Torii
  33. Kiyotada VII Torii
  34. Kiyotsune Torii
  35. Kogyo Tsukioka
  36. Kokunimasa Utagawa
  37. Konobu II Hasegawa
  38. Koryusai Isoda
  39. Koson Ohara
  40. Kuniaki Utagawa
  41. Kuniaki II Utagawa
  42. Kunichika Toyohara
  43. Kunifuku Utagawa
  44. Kunihisa Utagawa
  45. Kunihisa II Utagawa
  46. Kunimatsu Utagawa
  47. Kuninao Utagawa
  48. Kuninao II Utagawa
  49. Kunisada III Utagawa
  50. Kuniteru Utagawa
  51. Kuniteru (Kunitsuna) II Utagawa
  52. Kunitoshi Utagawa
  53. Kuniume Utagawa
  54. Kuniyasu Utagawa
  55. Kuniyoshi Utagawa
  56. Kyosai Kawanabe
  57. Nobukazu Yosai
  58. Nobushige Ryushu
  59. Nobuyasu Yoshu
  60. Ryukoku Hishikawa
  61. Sadahide Utagawa
  62. Sadanobu Hasegawa
  63. Sekijo Juka
  64. Sencho Teisai
  65. Shigehiro Kikusui
  66. Shikimaro Kitagawa
  67. Shinsai Ryuryukyo
  68. Shogetsu Toshu
  69. Shoun Yamamoto
  70. Shunbun Katsukawa
  71. Shuncho Katsukawa
  72. Shunei Katsukawa
  73. Shunjo Katsukawa
  74. Shunko I Katsukawa
  75. Shunko II Katsukawa
  76. Shunpusha
  77. Shunsen Katsukawa
  78. Shunsho Katsukawa
  79. Shuntei Miyagawa
  80. Shunzan Katsukawa
  81. Takanori
  82. Tankei Inoue
  83. Toshihide Migita
  84. Toshikata Mizuno
  85. Toshimasa Shunsai
  86. Toyokuni I Utagawa
  87. Toyokuni II Utagawa
  88. Toyokuni III Utagawa (Kunisada I)
  89. Toyokuni IV Utagawa (Kunisada II)
  90. Toyonobu Ishikawa
  91. Toyonobu Utagawa
  92. Tsukimaro Kitagawa
  93. Uncho Samukawa
  94. Utamaro I Kitagawa
  95. Utamaro II Kitagawa
  96. Yasuji Inoue
  97. Yoshiharu Utagawa
  98. Yoshiiku Utagawa
  99. Yoshikazu Utagawa
  100. Yoshimori Utagawa
  101. Yoshimune Utagawa
  102. Yoshio Markino
  103. Yoshitaki Utagawa
  104. Yoshitora Utagawa
  105. Yoshitoshi Tsukioka
  106. Yoshitsuna Utagawa
  107. Yoshitsuya Utagawa
  108. Zeshin Shibata
  109. Unsigned
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Ukiyo-e, literally meaning 'pictures of the floating world', is the practice of woodblock printing which became popular in Japan around late Edo period. Traditionally, woodblock printing used to be a collaborative process between an artist, carver, printer and publisher. In many works produced by Hokusai, Hiroshige Ando, Kuniyoshi, and other prominent woodblock artists, the publisher seals can be found alongside censorship seals which indicate the date at which the prints were produced.

After the end of the Meiji period, due to new forms of printing being developed in the west, ukiyo-e fell off and gave way to shin-hanga (literally meaning new style of printing). These works were often done in a much smaller scale as the woodblock printing industry became more of an art form. Some prominent artists of the time such as Toshi and Hiroshi Yoshida also printed in much larger formats than the traditional woodblock printing sizes.