An exhibit of ukiyo-e depicting Japan’s tumultuous period of modernization, spanning the late Edo period and the early Meiji, is running through May at the National Museum of Japanese History in ...

The style of Japanese woodblock printing known as ukiyo-e (‘images of the floating world’) flourished during the Edo period (1603 ... life and the fleeting nature of existence.

This miniseries presents the masterpieces of Tsutaju, a brilliant ukiyo-e producer of the Edo period. This episode features artist Sharaku's "The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Takemura Sadanoshin." ...

The exhibition, tucked into a downtown shopping mall, invites patrons to step into scenes of nature and village life depicted by the master of Edo Period ... known as ukiyo-e to new artistic ...