96 Japanese Ukiyo-E Woodblock Prints Trivia Questions with Answers
96 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which ukiyo-e artist created the series Ten Classes of Women's Physiognomy?
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Kitagawa Utamaro
What artist name did the ukiyo-e printmaker known as Sharaku use?
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Tōshūsai Sharaku
Which pigment made many nineteenth-century ukiyo-e prints vividly blue?
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Prussian blue
What is the title of Hokusai’s series showing different views of Mount Fuji?
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Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
Which ukiyo-e artist created the print Three Women Washing Cloth at the Kanda River?
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Suzuki Harunobu
Which ukiyo-e artist created the print Fine Wind, Clear Morning, showing Mount Fuji?
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Katsushika Hokusai
What does the Japanese word “ukiyo-e” literally mean in the context of Japanese woodblock prints?
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Pictures of the floating world
What is the title of Hiroshige’s ukiyo-e series depicting the 53 stations of the Tōkaidō road?
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Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
Which ukiyo-e artist created the famous print Beauty Looking Back?
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Hishikawa Moronobu
Which ukiyo-e artist was especially known for portraits of beautiful women, or bijin-ga?
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Kitagawa Utamaro
Which ukiyo-e artist is often credited as the founder of the genre?
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Hishikawa Moronobu
Which ukiyo-e artist created the 1794–1795 actor portraits now called the Ōkubi-e masterpieces?
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Tōshūsai Sharaku
What is the title of Hiroshige’s ukiyo-e print showing a sudden rain shower at Shin-Ōhashi bridge?
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Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi bridge and Atake
Which ukiyo-e artist created the series Thirty-six Ghosts?
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Which ukiyo-e artist was famous for the actor portraits published in 1794 and 1795?
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Tōshūsai Sharaku
Which ukiyo-e artist created the warrior print Mitsukuni Defying the Skeleton Spectre?
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi
What is the Japanese title of Hokusai’s ukiyo-e print commonly called The Great Wave off Kanagawa?
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Kanagawa-oki nami ura
Which ukiyo-e artist created the print Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter at Night?
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Utagawa Kunisada
What was the name of the Edo-period ukiyo-e artist also known as Andō Jūbei?
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Utagawa Hiroshige