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In Japan the iris is believed to have purifying properties and the ability to dispel evil energies and protect those who wear it. These flowers are also said to represent loyalty, a noble heart and warrior spirit, possibly due to their sword shaped leaves. The fragrant leaves are traditionally used in relaxing baths which are believed to bring good luck and instill some warrior spirit.
#JapaneseFolklore #folklore #ukiyoe #Hiroshige @folklore
🎨'Iris Garden at Horikiri' - Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857.

Japanese ukiyo-e print depicting irises before a stream with fields in the background.

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@zencolor@mastodon.art · last week

Utagawa #Hiroshige: Komakata Hall and Azuma Bridge.
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Zen in Color

@zencolor@mastodon.art · last week

Utagawa #Hiroshige: Komakata Hall and Azuma Bridge.
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@zencolor@mastodon.art · 2 weeks ago

Tohto Mihogawa Kishiyukizu. #Kuniyoshi Utagawa. 1830s or 1840s.
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Zen in Color

@zencolor@mastodon.art · 2 weeks ago

Tohto Mihogawa Kishiyukizu. #Kuniyoshi Utagawa. 1830s or 1840s.
#ukiyoe

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@zencolor@mastodon.art · 3 weeks ago

#Kuniyoshi Utagawa: Minamoto Yoshiie at the Nakoso barrier.
#ukiyoe

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@hanfastolfe@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

Kasamatsu Shiro

Cascada Kegon

#ukiyoe #art #japan

Grabado ukiyo-e de un paisaje con una cascada. Haciendo una U en primer plano un macizo rocoso, en la parte inferior de la U tres figuraa humanas contemplan el espectaculo. A la derecha de la U copas rojizas de los arboles en otoño. En la parte central y superior aparece la cascada centrada entre rocas y vegetación, cubierta por la bruma en la zona inferior.

Zen in Color

@zencolor@mastodon.art · 3 weeks ago

#Kuniyoshi Utagawa: Minamoto Yoshiie at the Nakoso barrier.
#ukiyoe

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@hanfastolfe@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

Kasamatsu Shiro

Cascada Kegon

#ukiyoe #art #japan

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@koalie@mastodon.social · 4 weeks ago

I drew #iPadArt tonight 😊

Hiroshige Ando’s “February of the fourth year of Ansei (1857)”

#Hiroshige #SumidaRiver #UkiyoE
#art #KoalieArtTank #TayasuiSketchesPro
#KoalieTravel

Drawing of a landscape featuring Mount Fuji in the background against a gradient sky transitioning from blue to red. The foreground shows a body of water with several boats, some with sails, and greenery along the shore.
The red stamp reads the Japanese character Nagisa (“by the sea”) and “koalie, December 2025”, and date "22 dec. 2025” — Drawing of a landscape featuring Mount Fuji in the background against a gradient sky transitioning from blue to red. The foreground shows a body of water with several boats, some with sails, and greenery along the shore. The red stamp reads the Japanese character Nagisa (“by the sea”) and “koalie, December 2025”, and date "22 dec. 2025”

Coralie Mercier

@koalie@mastodon.social · 4 weeks ago

I drew #iPadArt tonight 😊

Hiroshige Ando’s “February of the fourth year of Ansei (1857)”

#Hiroshige #SumidaRiver #UkiyoE
#art #KoalieArtTank #TayasuiSketchesPro
#KoalieTravel

Fabrizio Musacchio

@pixeltracker@sigmoid.social · 2 months ago

Since it rarely snows in #Cologne 🌞, I thought I'd at least bring back some memories of it at home. And what better place for #snow 🌨️ to come from than... #Texas! 😅 I'm not kidding. My latest #woodcutprint comes from Jack (mokudez), a mechanical engineer living in Texas who creates #mokuhanga in his free time. I really love this print and Jack's thoughtful note on the back truely made my day.

🌍 https://mokudez.com/mokuhanga/

#ukiyoe #shinhanga #woodblockprint

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Fabrizio Musacchio

@pixeltracker@sigmoid.social · 2 months ago

I just got a new #Japanese #WoodblockPrint, and even though it’s small, it’s absolutely beautiful. I love its contrastive colors 😍

I don’t know its full background, but from the style I’d guess it’s a #SōsakuHanga piece, probably from the #Shōwa era.

#Japan #ukiyoe

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

Masami Nagasawa is fierce and unforgettable as O-Ei, the woman behind ukiyo-e master Hokusai, in Tatsushi Omori’s gritty historical biopic. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/10/09/film/hokusais-daughter/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #hokusai #ukiyoe #masaminagasawa #tatsushiomori #masatoshinagase

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

Centuries-old Japanese erotic art is still taboo, but a rare exhibition in Kabukucho, the city's so-called red-light district, aims to prove the genre is more than titillation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/09/08/art/japanese-erotic-art-shunga-exhibition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #art #kabukicho #ukiyoe #exhibitions #shunga

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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 5 months ago

🌊🍙MOTHER OF THE SEA🍘✨

Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker (キャスリーンメアリードリューベイカー 1901-57) is not well known in her homeland, but in Japan she has become a national hero, remembered at Sumiyoshi-jinja in Uto (宇土 - Kumamoto Prefecture) as the savior of the seaweed industry.

#キャスリーンメアリードリューベイカ #ukiyoe #seaweed

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Woodblock print of seaweed being formed into sheets and dried.

Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/ — Woodblock print of seaweed being formed into sheets and dried. Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/

Woodblock print of woman collecting seaweed in a basket.

Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/ — Woodblock print of woman collecting seaweed in a basket. Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/

Woodblock print of woman drying a seaweed sheet over a hibachi.

Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/ — Woodblock print of woman drying a seaweed sheet over a hibachi. Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/

Woodblock print of two men racing between waves to collect seaweed.

Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/ — Woodblock print of two men racing between waves to collect seaweed. Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/

Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 5 months ago

🌊🍙MOTHER OF THE SEA🍘✨

#キャスリーンメアリードリューベイカ #ukiyoe #seaweed

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Zen in Color

@zencolor@mastodon.art · 8 months ago

Utagawa #Hiroshige: Crane and Wave, 1830.
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