kodomo-e　子供絵

KEY WORD :　art history / paintings

Woodblock prints *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 with children as their subject. No adults are depicted and most of the prints are of children at play. These are different from omocha-e 玩具絵 in that kodomo-e were made for adults to look at and omocha-e were for children to enjoy. A few kodomo-e were painted in the 17c, but they became popular in the mid-18c. Most print artists, such as Ishikawa Toyonobu 石川豊信 (1711-85) and Torii Kiyonaga 鳥居清長 (1752-1815) printed kodomo-e. Many fine prints of this genre were designed by Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1797-1861) in the mid-19c.

REFERENCES:

EXTERNAL LINKS:

NOTES:

(C)2001 Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System.　No reproduction or republication without written permission. 掲載のテキスト・写真・イラストなど、全てのコンテンツの無断複製・転載を禁じます。