Japanese Woodblock Print Search

Ukiyo-e Search provides an incredible resource: The ability to both search for Japanese woodblock prints by simply taking a picture of an existing print AND the ability to see similar prints across multiple collections of prints. Below is an example print, click to see it in action.

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Early Ukiyo-e (Early-Mid 1700s)

Birth of Full-Color Printing (1740s to 1780s)

Golden Age of Ukiyo-e (1780 to 1804)

Popularization of Woodblock Printing (1804 to 1868)

Meiji Period (1868 to 1912)

Shin Hanga and Sosaku Hanga Movements (1915 to 1940s)

Modern and Contemporary (1950s to Now)