ART HIS 42C Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Plywood, Ukiyo-E, Toyohara Chikanobu

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1. What are the subjects of woodblock prints? What is a mitate-e?
A parody picture.
(*know titles, artists) How does it relate to these works? Drawing done on paper;
specialist carves it into wood; courtesans/prostitutes (clothes and hair - long flowing, lots
of layers; beaver tail), actors, warriors
a. Titles
b. Artists
c. Era: Edo
d. Medium: woodblock prints
e. Format: book
i. One artist innovated woodblock prints; created an innovative production
method; made more prints in a short amount of time
ii. Parody: take on an old folktale about someone stealing tofu;
*juxtaposition of old tale and courtesans acting it out in a non-serious
manner
iii. *need to know artist names with lectures focusing on them
2. What were the subjects of this artist’s works? In what media and formats did her
work? What evidence do you see in these images for indigenousness? Far right
(left one): rendition of a specific waterfall in Japan
a. Titles: left - demon slayer conqueror, “Demon Queller”; center: instruction manual
for drawing; far right - Amida Falls; Falling Mist Waterfall
b. Artists: Hokusai - taught other artists how to draw (based on shapes and strokes
from calligraphy)
c. Era: Edo
d. Medium:
e. Format:
i. Far left: body in the shape of a “C”
3. What kinds of media were used to document war? Postcards, photography (early,
expensive, hard to color); woodblock prints What are genres of this new print culture?
a. Titles: (not as important - *need to know what war they are from)
b. Artists: (not as important) Chikanobu
c. Era:
d. Medium:
e. Format:
i. Top right: war - both (Chinese soldiers on left, uniforms on Japanese side
is more Victorian/European style); just changed/replaced far left panel -
pieces was recycled three times
ii. Top left: Russo-Japanese war (?); Chinese ship
iii. Bottom left: is a play, theatrical reenactment
iv. Four genres: heroes, explosions/frontlines, sea battles, death
1. Rendering of explosions changed: became more accurate and
frequent with time
v. **legacies of these wars
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What is a mitate-e? (*know titles, artists) how does it relate to these works? drawing done on paper; specialist carves it into wood; courtesans/prostitutes (clothes and hair - long flowing, lots of layers; beaver tail), actors, warriors. A parody picture: titles, artists, era: edo, medium: woodblock prints, format: book i. ii. iii. One artist innovated woodblock prints; created an innovative production method; made more prints in a short amount of time. Parody: take on an old folktale about someone stealing tofu; *juxtaposition of old tale and courtesans acting it out in a non-serious manner. Top right: war - both (chinese soldiers on left, uniforms on japanese side is more victorian/european style); just changed/replaced far left panel - pieces was recycled three times. Four genres: heroes, explosions/frontlines, sea battles, death: rendering of explosions changed: became more accurate and frequent with time.

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