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Dutch Couple
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| | Title: | Dutch Couple
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Picture Collections: |
... Art And Artists
... Japanese Prints - Yokohama Namban - Foreigners
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| Origin: | Japan |
| Genre: | Japanese Ukiyo-e Prints |
| Date: | 1861 |
| Description: | Ukiyo-e (???), pictures of the floating world, is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the Tokugawa or Edo Period (1615-1868). They were mass produced and meant for mainly townsmen, who were generally not wealthy enough to afford an original painting. The original subject of ukiyo-e was city life, in particular activities and scenes from the entertainment district; featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre and pleasure quarters. |
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