List of ukiyo-e terms

This is a list of terms frequently encountered in the description of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints and paintings.

• Aizuri-e
• Aka-e
• Baren
• Benizuri-e
• Bijinga
• Bokashi (printing)
• Chūban, a print size about 7 by 10 inches (18 by 25 centimeters)
• Chūtanzaku, a print size about 14 by 5 inches (36 by 13 centimeters)
• Edo period
• Geisha
• Hashira-e, “pillar print”, about 28 by 4.5 inches (73 by 13 centimeters)
• Hosoban, a print size about 13 by 5 inches (33 by 14.5 centimeters)
• Ise
• Ishizuri-e
• Kakemono-e, an ōban diptych arranged one above the other (also a hanging scroll paintings)
• Kamigata
• Kappazuri
• Kisokaidō
• Mameban, a print size about 4.75 by 3.2 inches (12 by 8 centimeters), sometimes called a “toy print”
• Mount Fuji
• Namazu-e
• Nikuhitsuga
• Nishiki-e
• Ōban, a print size about 15½ by 10½ inches (39 by 26.5 centimeters)
• Ōkubi-e
• Osaka
• Schools
• Shikishiban, a print size about 8 by 7 inches (21 by 18 centimeters) often used for surimono
• Shunga
• Surimono
• Tate-e, a print in vertical or “portrait” format
• Tenpō reforms
• Tōkaidō
• Uchiwa-e
• Ukiyo
• Urushi-e
• Washi
• Yakusha-e
• Yoko-e, a print in horizontal or “landscape” format
• Yokohama-e

See also

• Schools of ukiyo-e artists
• Ukiyo-e
• Woodblock printing in Japan

References

• Lane, Richard. (1978). Images from the Floating World, The Japanese Print. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192114471; OCLC 5246796
• Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005). Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints. Amsterdam: Hotei. ISBN 9789074822657; OCLC 61666175

External links

• A glossary of ukiyo-e terms
• Another glossary of ukiyo-e terms