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ukiyo-e

vr.tr.ukiyo-e · INF.KNW

Let an agent explain ukiyo-e and its subjects and subgenres, identify artists and works with sources, describe production techniques and collecting, and describe its history and influence.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain ukiyo-e and its subjects and subgenres, identify artists and works with sources, describe production techniques and collecting, and describe its history and influence.

A genre of Japanese art that flourished from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, comprising woodblock prints and paintings depicting the pleasures of urban life, actors, beautiful women, landscapes, and popular subjects, with subgenres such as calendar prints, toy prints, picture books and advertising prints, and produced by artists including Hokusai, Hiroshige and Utamaro; ukiyo-e was made through collaboration of designers, carvers, printers and publishers and strongly influenced Western art.

What it is for: Japanese woodblock prints and paintings of the floating world.

It can be explain subjects and subgenres; identify artists and works; describe production and collecting; describe history and influence.

Distinguishing features

Woodblock printing

Popular subjects

Collaborative production

Global influence

What it looks like

Colour woodblock prints and paintings with flat colour and outlines.

How it is recognised

Japanese woodblock prints of urban life and landscape

Edo period to Meiji

Shin-hanga and sosaku-hanga are later print movements

Related models

is a kind of - category

Japanese art

is related to - a movement influenced by ukiyo-e

Art Nouveau

is related to - recurring subjects

motif

is related to - art criticism

critic

In practice

Families and kinds

actor and beauty prints

landscape prints

calendar, toy and picture book prints

advertising and news prints

ukiyo-e paintings

Standards and regulation

Museum cataloguing standards for prints

Cultural property and export rules

Authentication conventions in the print market

Failure modes and hazards

Later reprints and forgeries sold as originals

Fading and damage from light

Oversimplifying the genre

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What ukiyo-e is.

Art history.

Genre

Genre and subjects.

Genre

Genre.

  1. What defines ukiyo-e, and what subjects and subgenres such as calendar prints, toy prints and picture books does it include? definition
  2. Which entry fits a specific subgenre? action

Artists

Artists and works.

Artists

Artists.

  1. Who are the major ukiyo-e artists, and what are their key works, according to art historians? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific artist or work? action
Make Production and technique.

Craft.

Production

Collaborative production.

Production

Production.

  1. How were ukiyo-e prints produced by designers, carvers, printers and publishers? provenance
  2. Which entry fits woodblock printing? action

Materials

Materials and colours.

Materials

Materials.

  1. What papers, pigments and techniques were used, and how did colour printing develop? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific technique? action
Collect Collecting and conservation.

Practice.

Collecting

Collecting prints.

Collecting

Collecting.

  1. How are ukiyo-e prints identified, dated and distinguished from later reprints and forgeries? provenance
  2. Which entry fits print collecting? action

Conserve

Conservation.

Conserve

Conservation.

  1. How are prints conserved and displayed to prevent fading? provenance
  2. Which museums hold major collections? provenance
Learn History and influence.

Education.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did ukiyo-e develop through the Edo period and decline in the Meiji era? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Influence

Influence on Western art.

Influence

Influence.

  1. How did ukiyo-e influence Impressionism, Art Nouveau and modern design? provenance
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each artist be a separate entry?
  • How should museum collections be linked?
  • How should print databases be linked?
Draft as JSON