Urushi-e
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Urushi-e refers to three different techniques in Japanese art. Though urushi-e is most associated with woodblock, the term urushi-e is not exclusive to that medium. It can also refer to pictures using
Nishimura Shigenobu, Shōki and Girl, c. 1720s. Woodblock print with hand-coloring and lacquer (urushi). Hosoban. 13 in. x 5 5/8 in.
Okumura Toshinobu (active 1717–1750), 'Young Lovers by Mount Fuji', About 1720, urushi-e (lacquer print) V&A Museum no. E.1419-1898
Okumura Masanobu
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Okumura Masanobu was a Japanese print designer, book publisher, and painter. He also illustrated novelettes and in his early years wrote some fiction. At first his work adhered to the Torii school, bu
Urushi-e
…Another artist Nishimura Shigenaga, used it in brass powder in some of his urushi-e works. Okumura Masanobu was another who used this technique in the Edo era. Urushi…
"Shōki zu" (Shōki striding), by Okumura Masanobu in pillar print format, c. 1741–1751
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Tiger and Bamboo, c. 1725
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