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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^[1]

Benizuri-e (紅刷絵, "crimson picture"); primitive ukiyo-e style prints, usually printed in pink and green

Bijin-ga (美人画); pictures of beautiful women

Bokashi (printing) (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 (18 cm × 25 cm)

Chūtanzaku (中短冊判); a print size about 14 by 5 inches (36 cm × 13 cm)

Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai); dating from 1603 to 1868, the period when Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate

E-hon (絵本); "picture book"

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

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 (柱絵, "pillar print"); a print size about 28 by 4.5 inches (71 cm × 11 cm)

Horishi (彫師); a carver of woodblocks

Hosoban (細判); a print size about 13 by 5 inches (33 cm × 13 cm)

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 (伊勢物語, Ise monogatari); 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 (板ぼかし, "block shading"); a technique for producing gradation achieved by sanding or abrading the edges of the carving

Kakemono-e (掛物絵); an ōban diptych arranged one above the other (also a hanging scroll painting)

Kachō-ga (花鳥画); paintings of flowers and birds

Kakihan (書き判); the artist's tag, used on prints with (or instead of) 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 (usually black) coloured by stenciling. Prints produced entirely by stenciling, without woodblocks, are also called kappazuri.

Karazuri (空摺); dry printing, embossing

Kasure-bori (掠れ彫り, "scratch carving"); style of woodblock carving imitating dry brushstrokes

Kisokaidō (中山道); one of the Five Routes of the Edo period

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

Mameban (豆判); a print size about 4.75 by 3.2 inches (12.1 cm × 8.1 cm), sometimes called a "toy print"

Mount Fuji (富士山, Fujisan); the highest mountain in Japan, a common subject

Musha-e (武者絵); warrior print

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 (39 cm × 27 cm)

Ōkubi-e (大首絵); portrait prints, busts

Schools (流派): Schools of ukiyo-e artists

Senso-e (戰爭絵); prints depicting the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Wars

Shin-hanga (新版画, "New prints"); 20th century ukiyo-e revival prints

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 (20 cm × 18 cm), often used for surimono

Shomen-zuri (正面摺, "front-printing"); a polishing technique sometimes used to create a shiny surface on black areas in prints

Shunga (春画, "spring image"); erotically themed art

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^[1]

Tate-e (縦絵); a print in vertical or "portrait" format

Tenpō Reforms (天保の改革, Tenpō no kaikaku); 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 (uchiwa)

Uki-e (浮絵, "floating picture"); a picture using linear perspective

Ukiyo (浮世, "the floating world"); 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.

Print sizes[edit]

The Japanese terms for vertical (portrait) and horizontal (landscape) formats for images are tate-e (縦絵) and yoko-e (横絵), respectively.

Below is a table of common Tokugawa-period print sizes. Sizes varied depending on the period, and those given are approximate they are based on the pre-printing paper sizes, and paper was often trimmed after printing.

Print sizes
name	translation	cm (in)
aiban (合判)	intermediate	34 × 22.5 (13.4 × 8.9)
bai-ōban (倍大判)	intermediate	45.7 × 34.5 (18.0 × 13.6)
chūban (中判)	medium	26 × 19 (10.2 × 7.5)
hashira-e (柱絵)	pillar print	73 × 12 (28.7 × 4.7)
hosoban (細判) orhoso-e (細絵)^[2]	narrow	33 × 14.5 (13.0 × 5.7)
hosoban (細判) orhoso-e (細絵)^[2]	narrow	39 × 17 (15.4 × 6.7)
kakemono-e (掛物絵)	hanging scroll	76.5 × 23 (30.1 × 9.1)
nagaban (長判)	long	50 × 20 (19.7 × 7.9)
ōban (大判)	large	38 × 25.5 (15.0 × 10.0)
ōban (大判)	large	58 × 32 (23 × 13)
ō-tanzaku (大短冊判)	large poem card	38 × 17 (15.0 × 6.7)
chū-tanzaku (中短冊判)	medium poem card	38 × 13 (15.0 × 5.1)
surimono (摺物)	a genre of woodblock print	35 × 20 (13.8 × 7.9)
surimono (摺物)	a genre of woodblock print	12 × 9 (4.7 × 3.5) – 21 × 18 (8.3 × 7.1)

References[edit]

Citations

^ ^a ^b "JAANUS / beni-e 紅絵". www.aisf.or.jp. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

^ Harris 2011, p. 31.

Sources

Faulkner, Rupert; Robinson, Basil William (1999). Masterpieces of Japanese Prints: Ukiyo-e from the Victoria and Albert Museum. Kodansha International. ISBN 978-4-7700-2387-2.
Harris, Frederick (2011). Ukiyo-e: The Art of the Japanese Print. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-4-8053-1098-4.
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
Calza, Gian Carlo (2003). Hokusai. Phaidon. ISBN 0714844578.

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