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Japanese Woodblock Printing in the Tokugawa Period Moku Hanga

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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” - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Japanese Woodblock Printing in the Tokugawa Period

Japanese Woodblock Printing in the

Tokugawa PeriodMoku Hanga

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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

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Ukiyo-e

Most dominant genre of woodblock printing in Japan

Used for artistic woodblocks Moku Hanga also used for book printing Edo period (1600-1868) Meiji period (post 1868)

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Utamaro 1753-1806

Charms and tea are brimming overAnd neither gets cold!Let me not wakeFrom this lucky dream of the New YearAt Takashimaya.

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Recreating Utamaro’s Masterpiece Today

Modern Woodblock Printing

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

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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 ? (1797 – 1858)