Ukiyo-e glossary
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mildly erotic prints
aiban
print size: 34 x 22.5 cm. (13" x 9")
aizuri-e
prints mainly printed in blue.
aratame
censorship seal (1854-1871)
banzaku
theatre programme
baren
circular rubbing pad used in printing.
bijin
beautiful girl/woman
byôbu
folding screen
chuban
print size: 26 x 19 cm. (10" x 7.5")
Edo
old name for Tokyo and the period between 1603 and 1868.
egoyomi
calendar print
ehon
picture book
ga
suffix meaning 'drawn by'.
gafu
album
hanga
woodblock print
hitsu
suffix meaning 'painted by'.
hosoban
print size: 33 x 15.5 cm. (13" x 5.5")
kabuki
the popular theatre
kachô-e
bird & flower print
kentô
register mark in woodblock printing
kiwame
approval (censorship) seal (1790-1842).
kuchi-e
prints added to Meiji-period novellas
mon
actor's emblem
musha-e
prints of warriors
nagaban
print size: 51.5 x 23 cm. (20" x 9")
noh
the classical theatre
ôban
print size: 38 x 25 cm. (15" x 10")
senso-e
prints showing scenes from the Sino-Japanese or Russian-Japanese war.
shin hanga
commercially produced 20th century print
shunga
erotic prints (mostly explicit)
sosaku hanga
self-printed 20th century print
surimono
extremely well-printed 19th century print, mostly privately published.
tanzaku
print size: 38 x 13 cm. (15" x 5").