benizuri-e
Sign in to saveare a type of "primitive" ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints. They were usually printed in pink (beni) and green, occasionally with the addition of another color, either printed or added by hand.
Key dates
- Inception
- 1740
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- Instance of
- art movement
- Subclass of
- ukiyo-e
- Field of work
- woodblock printing
- Country
- Japan
- Followed by
- nishiki-e
- Follows
- urushi-e
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are a type of "primitive" ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints. They were usually printed in pink (beni) and green, occasionally with the addition of another color, either printed or added by hand.
The production of benizuri-e reached its peak in the early 1740s. Torii Kiyohiro, Torii Kiyomitsu I, Torii Kiyonobu I, Okumura Masanobu, Nishimura Shigenaga, and Ishikawa Toyonobu are the artists most closely associated with benizuri-e.