Word: ukiyo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Tokyo art season-what there is of it-is a Frenchman who has lived in Japan since he was four. His show, on display last week, had the imposing sponsorship of the U.S. Fifth Air Force. An exhibition of 67 wood-block prints (and 50 paintings) of Ukiyo-e ("mundane life") subjects, it was a blend of East and West...
Like many Ukiyo-e artists, Jacoulet hires woodcarvers and printers to convert his ideas into prints. He thinks the prints should surpass the original designs...