Ukiyo-e: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Tadashi Kobayashi, Ukiyo-e: An Introduction to Japanese Woodblock Prints, trans. by Mark A. Harbison (1982; originally published in Japanese); Timothy Clark, Anne Nishimura Morse, and Louise E. Virgin (eds.), The Dawn of the Floating World 1650–1765: Early Ukiyo-e Treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2001); Anne Nishimura Morse (ed.), Drama and Desire: Japanese Paintings from the Floating World, 1690–1850 (2007); and Julia Meech and Jane Oliver (eds.), Designed for Pleasure: The World of Edo Japan in Prints and Paintings, 1680–1860 (2008).

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Article History

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Article title updated for style. Nov 08, 2026
Modified link of Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Ukiyo-e (1636 - 1911). Aug 22, 2026
Add new Web site: The Met - Art of the Pleasure Quarters and the Ukiyo-e Style. Jun 02, 2025
Add new Web site: Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute - The Influences of Japanese Prints�Ukiyo-e Upon Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century French Art. Apr 12, 2025
Add new Web site: CORE - Japanese Prints: Ukiyo-E and 20th Century (PDF). Feb 27, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - Ukiyo-e Prints and Their Literary Web. Nov 06, 2024
Add new Web site: Art in Context - Ukiyo-e – A Glimpse into Japan’s Pictorial History. May 15, 2024
Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Ukiyo-e (1636 - 1911). Jan 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - The evolution of ukiyo-e and woodblock prints. Nov 24, 2023
Media added. Oct 12, 2023
Add new Web site: Kumon Museum of Children?s Ukiyo-e - The history of ukiyo-e and its expansion around the world. Aug 25, 2023
Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints. Jun 15, 2023
Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of Japan - Ukiyo-e. Dec 30, 2022
Add new Web site: The Art Story - Ukiyo-e Japanese prints. Sep 28, 2022
Media added. Feb 07, 2012
New bibliography added. Aug 23, 2011
Added new Web site: Victoria and Albert Museum - Ukiyo-e. Mar 09, 2009
Added new Web site: Hans Olof Johansson - Ukiyo-e. Aug 09, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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