Every Movement · Japan c. 1670 to 1900

Ukiyo-e

Flat colour, cropped frames, the floating world. Woodblock prints for ordinary people that reach Paris in the 1860s and change everything.

The Great Wave off Kanagawa, Katsushika Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai · The Great Wave off Kanagawa · c. 1831 · Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
When
c. 1670 to 1900
Where
Edo
Who
Hokusai, Hiroshige, Utamaro, Sharaku
Source
Wikipedia ↗ · Museum file on Commons ↗