Utamaro, Hokusai Hiroshige
Campione, Francesco Paolo / Fagioli, Marco / Luraschi, Moira The so-called Edo period (1603¿1868) was extremely productive for Japan from a historical and artistic standpoint, later its influence would extend beyond the archipelago, as far as the West, where it gave rise to a real passion for Japanese aesthetics and culture. The term ukiyo-e, which translates as ¿pictures of a floating world¿, refers to the woodblock colour prints that were first created in the Edo period, by combining the talents of pa...