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Japanese Prints
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09/30/2013

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What is a print?
Definition
work of art made by transferring an image from an inked surface to a sheet
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What are the 3 kinds of prints?
Definition
cards, books and loose prints
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Who had the largest influence of Japan's prints?
Definition
China
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What are the 3 religious movements from the Japanese culture?
Definition
shinto, buddhism, daoism
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What is a surimono?
Definition
a commissioned print
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What is ukiyo-e?
Definition
pics of the floating world
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What is sumizuri-e?
Definition
Black ink; earliest prints
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What is nishiki-e?
Definition
ultimate commercial print and how they are made today
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What is Kitagawa Utamaro good at?
Definition
beautiful women and shunga
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What is the Tosa School known for printing?
Definition
Noh Theatre
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What is mono no aware?
Definition
sadness and nostalgia of nature
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When was the EDO period?
Definition
1603-1868
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What was the Edo period defined by?
Definition
The Tokugawa: the isolation of japan
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When was the great fire of Edo?
Definition
1657
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What group of people moved during the Edo period for more power?
Definition
The shogun moved from kyoto to edo
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What was the Kanbun Master famous for int he mid to late 1600s?
Definition
shunga: 3rd person included.
tan-e: the orange, black and white prints
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Who is the first known printmaker?
Definition
Moronobu 1670's
also kanbun master, but he is unknown
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What is beni-e?
Definition
prints with 2-4 colors
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What is yashuka-e?
Definition
prints of actors
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Who set the standard for creativity in 1760's?
Definition
Suzuki Haronobu (lots of shunga) did the shear fabric prints
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What years span Utamaro's prints?
Definition
1780-1790
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What are the tight headshots of beautiful women called?
Definition
okubi-e
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What type of theatre started in 1603?
Definition
Kabuki
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What type of kabuki was created that featured Ichikawa Danjuro?
Definition
Aragato
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What is uki-e?
Definition
perspective prints
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What print maker disappeared after 9 months?
Definition
Sharaku. 1794-1795
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What schools love sumo prints?
Definition
Katsukawa school
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What's the difference between sumo and samurai, both look the same in prints?
Definition
samurai carry two swords/sumo carry one
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Who is known as the golden boy who is always shown in red?
Definition
Kintaro
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What is aizuri-e?
Definition
blue prints made with the newly importanted and cheap prussian blue from the dutch
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What is the term for tall, skinny prints?
Definition
pillar prints
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What did Utamaro print that was an innovation in Bijin prints?
Definition
the mirror with the woman looking back
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Who painted the Courtesan Renzan and her attendants?
Definition
Utamaro
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What is the paper made out of for the prints?
Definition
mulberry
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When did the perspective prints start?
Definition
Around the late 1700s
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When were the sumo prints in production?
Definition
late 1700s - Mid 1800s
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Who is famous for using blue ink?
Definition
Eisen 1830s
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What is the yoshiwara?
Definition
Pleasure quarters in edo
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What does japan see in the moon like we seen "the man in the moon?"
Definition
The rabbit/hare in the moon
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