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Japanese woodblock prints
Benizuri-e (紅刷絵; "crimson printed pictures") 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.
Gallery of benizuri-e[edit]by
Ishikawa Toyonobuof
kabukiactors
Onoe Kikugorō Iand
Nakamura Kiyosaburōas a young seated couple playing a
shamisensigned 'Meijōdō Ishikawa Shūha Toyonobu zu', 1750-1758
Woodblock print by
Ishikawa Toyonobuof
kabukiactors
Nakamura Shichisaburō IIand
Sanogawa Ichimatsu, signed 'Meijōdō Ishikawa Shūha Toyonobu zu', 1740s
Actor
Ichikawa Ebizō IIas Yanone Gorō in the kabuki play
Koizome Sumidagawa, woodblock print by Torii Kiyomitsu I,
Honolulu Museum of Art18th century Benizuri-e of
Sei Shōnagon, author of
The Pillow Book, attributed to
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