Tan-e

This is a list of terms frequently encountered in the description of ukiyo-e (浮世絵)-style Japanese woodblock prints and paintings. For a list of print sizes, see below.Aizuri-e (藍摺絵); "blue picture" Aka-e (赤絵); "red picture" Aratame (改); "examined" character found in many censor seals Baren (馬連、馬楝); a tool used to rub the back of a sheet of paper to pick up ink from the block Beni-e (紅絵); primitive ukiyo-e style prints, usually printed in pink Benizuri-e ; primitive ukiyo-e style prints, usually printed in pink and green Bijin-ga ; pictures of beautiful women Bokashi (ぼかし); technique of applying a gradation of ink to a moistened block to vary lightness and darkness (value) of a single colour Censor seal; from 1790 until 1876 all woodblock prints had to be examined by official censors, and marked with their seals Chūban (中判); a print size about 7 by 10 inches Chūtanzaku (中短冊判); a print size about 14 by 5 inches Edo period ; dating from 1603 to 1868, the period when Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate E-hon (絵本); "picture book" Egoyomi (盲暦); a picture calendar Fudezaishiki (筆彩色); colouring with a paintbrush Furikake (振り掛け); powdered minerals or metals sprinkled onto a print during the production process Fushiga; satirical ukiyo-e pictures Gafu (画譜); album Ganso (元祖); "founder" prefix, used on a print to indicate the publisher Geisha (芸者); a common subject in ukiyo-e Hanga (版画); a print Hanmoto (版元); a publisher Hashira-e ; a print size about 28 by 4.5 inches Horishi (彫師); a carver of woodblocks Hosoban (細判); a print size about 13 by 5 inches Iro-ban (色板); a colour block Jōge-e (上下絵); prints that can be viewed from either top or bottom The Tales of Ise ; an uta monogatari, or collection of waka poems and associated narratives, dating from the Heian period Ishizuri-e (石摺絵); a print that mimics a stone rubbing, with uninked images or text on a dark, usually black, background Ita-bokashi ; a technique for producing gradation achieved by sanding or abrading the edges of the carving Kaika-e (開化絵); ukiyo-e genre of the Meiji period that celebrated the Westernization of Tokyo and its people Kakemono-e (掛物絵); an ōban diptych arranged one above the other Kachō-ga (花鳥画); paintings of flowers and birds Kakihan (書き判); the artist's tag, used on prints with a signature Kamigata (上方); region of Japan referring to the cities of Kyoto and Osaka Kappazuri (合羽摺); prints of a single colour coloured by stenciling. Prints produced entirely by stenciling, without woodblocks, are also called kappazuri. Karazuri (空摺); dry printing, embossing Kasure-bori ; style of woodblock carving imitating dry brushstrokes Kisokaidō (中山道); one of the Five Routes of the Edo period Kirazuri (雲母摺り); a method used in woodblock printmaking using mica powder to add sparkle Kiwame (極); "approved" character found in many censor seals Kojita-e (小下絵); a rough sketch Komochi-e (子持絵); prints with moveable parts Kuchi-e (口絵); frontispieces of books, especially woodblock printed frontispieces for Japanese romance novels and literary magazines published from the 1890s to the 1910s Mameban (豆判); a print size about 4.75 by 3.2 inches, sometimes called a "toy print" Megane-e (眼鏡絵); a print designed using graphical perspective techniques and viewed through a convex lens to produce a three-dimensional effect Meisho (名所); famous sites often depicted in ukiyo-e Mitate-e (見立絵); a subgenre of ukiyo-e that employs allusions, puns, and incongruities, often to parody classical art or events Mount Fuji ; the highest mountain in Japan, a common subject Musha-e (武者絵); warrior print Muzan-e (無残絵); woodcut prints of violent nature published in the late Edo and Meiji periods Nagasaki-e (長崎絵); prints, produced in Nagasaki during the Edo period, that depict the port city of Nagasaki, the Dutch and Chinese who frequented it, and foreign curiosities such as exotic fauna and Dutch and Chinese ships Namazu-e (鯰絵); prints depicting the Japanese mythological giant catfish, the Namazu (鯰) Nikuhitsu-ga (肉筆画); a painting in the ukiyo-e style Nishiki-e (錦絵); multi-coloured woodblock printing Ōban (大判); a print size about 15.5 by 10.5 inches Ōkubi-e (大首絵); portrait prints, busts Omocha-e (玩具絵); ukiyo-e created as picture books and toys for children Schools (流派): Schools of ukiyo-e artists Senso-e (戰爭絵); prints depicting the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Wars Shin-hanga ; 20th century ukiyo-e revival prints Shini-e (死絵); "death pictures" or "death portraits" Shita-e (下絵); final preparatory drawing pasted onto the block for printing Shikishiban (色紙判); a print size about 8 by 7 inches, often used for surimono Shomen-zuri ; a polishing technique sometimes used to create a shiny surface on black areas in prints Shunga ; erotically themed art Sōsaku-hanga (創作版画); an early 20th-century art movement of woodblock printing Sumizuri-e; a type of monochromatic woodblock printing that uses only black ink Surimono (摺物); privately commissioned prints for special occasions such as the New Year Surishi (摺師); a printer Tan-e (丹絵); primitive ukiyo-e style prints, usually printed in red Tate-e (縦絵); a print in vertical or "portrait" format Tenpō Reforms ; an array of economic policies introduced in 1842 by the Tokugawa Shogunate, precursor to Meiji Restoration Tōkaidō (東海道); the most important of the Five Routes of the Edo period Uchiwa-e (団扇絵); prints on paddle-shaped hand fans Uki-e ; a picture using linear perspective Ukiyo ; the culture of Edo-period Japan (1600–1867) Urushi-e (漆絵); paintings painted with lacquer, and a printing style using ink that resembles the darkness and thickness of black lacquer Waka (和歌); Japanese poetry Washi (和紙); traditional Japanese paper Yakusha-e (役者絵); prints of kabuki actors Yoko-e (横絵); a print in horizontal or "landscape" format Yokohama-e (横浜絵); prints depicting non-East Asian foreigners and scenes of Yokohama. Yūrei-zu (幽霊図); prints depicting ghosts, demons and other supernatural beings

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