5. 6. 2024On February 4th of the 16th year of the Genroku era, Yatō Uemon no Shichi reminisces while waiting his turn for seppuku at the Mizuno residence. When news of his lord, Asano Naganori, attacking Kira Yoshinaka in the palace reached Akō…
Hishikawa Moronobu, Japanese printmaker, the first great master of ukiyo-e (‘pictures of the floating world’), a genre depicting entertainment districts and other scenes of urban life.
Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese: 菱川 師宣; 1618 – 25 July 1694) [1 ] was a Japanese artist known for popularizing the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock prints and paintings in the late 17th century. [2 ] He consolidated the works of scattered…