The founder of "Ukiyo-e Painting" revealed the creative characteristics of Hishikawa Moronobu.

Hishikawa Moronobu, a famous Japanese painter, is recognized as the founder of ukiyo-e painting. Because there are few records about Hishikawa Moronobu in historical materials, few people can clearly understand the general situation of Hishikawa Moronobu. Hishikawa Moronobu has a certain reputation and status in the Japanese art world, and is well received by students.

Hishikawa Moronobu's works

Speaking of Hishikawa Moronobu's introduction, we must start with the origin of Hishikawa Moronobu. Hishikawa Moronobu was born in a small village near Edo City, which is now Miyagi Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture. His family has been weaving, dyeing and sewing for generations. His father is a famous local gold and silver brocade artist. As the eldest son, Hishikawa Moronobu learned painting from his father. Less than 20 years old, Hishikawa Moronobu began to wander the streets, drawing illustrations for street novels. All these laid a solid foundation for Hishikawa Moronobu's later painting development.

As a civilian painter, Hishikawa Moronobu gradually came into people's sight. During the reign of Wan Zhi, Hishikawa Moronobu studied traditional painting techniques with the royal painters of Shogunate Palace, Kano School and Hasegawa School. Among them, rich and diverse folk painting styles and genre paintings evolved from river maps have the greatest influence on his later creative style.

In Hishikawa Moronobu's introduction, it should also be mentioned that as the first person who combined printmaking with painting, he created the amazing birth of Ukiyo-e, and since the publication of "Wu Family Hundred People", Ukiyo-e has stepped onto the stage of artistic painting. Hishikawa Moronobu's prints greatly improved the status of woodcut in the field of painting to a certain extent.

Hishikawa Moronobu's works

16 18, Hishikawa Moronobu was born in a small village in edo, which influenced the painting trend in the future world. As the founder of ukiyo-e, Hishikawa Moronobu's works skillfully combined printmaking with painting, forming his own genre. However, the outstanding achievements of Hishikawa Moronobu's works are largely attributed to the unique charm of Hishikawa Moronobu's own creative style.

Hishikawa Moronobu's works

For generations, the Hishikawa Moronobu family has been engaged in dyeing, knitting and sewing. His father is also one of the best gold and silver brocade artists in this area. Since childhood, Hishikawa Moronobu has learned many painting skills. Later, I learned more about illustration from the royal painters in the shogunate period. Under the dual effects of theory and practice, Hishikawa Moronobu's works gradually become mature and refined, and the themes of his works become diversified and popular, which is in line with people's appreciation and taste. All these have laid the foundation for the wide spread of Hishikawa Moronobu's works.

Hishikawa Moronobu's early works were mainly hand-painted. Later, he began to create hand-painted floating original paintings with the theme of Yoshihara Star or kabukicho, such as Screen of Yoshihara Star and Entertainment Scroll of Ju Chi Teahouse. What is most worth mentioning is his first signed picture book "The Wu Family of Hundred People", which became a sign that the Ukiyo-e painter stepped onto the social stage. It was also at this time that Hishikawa Moronobu became famous in publishing woodcut illustrations and became the representative painter of the emerging Japanese painting school at that time. Hishikawa Moronobu's works are widely used and welcomed by the public. Popular paintings like Zhu Quan of Hoda University spread more widely and attracted many people's attention.

The Characteristics of Hishikawa Moronobu's Creation

Hishikawa Moronobu is famous for his ukiyo-e prints. He integrated the creative characteristics of early painting and illustration schools and established his own creative style. Hishikawa Moronobu's creation is sought after by the world. Each of his 12 hand scrolls has become a monochrome wooden depiction.

Hishikawa Moronobu's works

Hishikawa Moronobu was born in a civilian family and was influenced by the artistic atmosphere since he was a child. When he was young, he studied with his father, who was a gold and silver brocade artist, and later studied with the imperial painters of the shogunate. At the same time, he insisted on writing and illustrating novels independently. These small accumulations paved the way for Hishikawa Moronobu's later artistic creation, and also provided rich experience and theoretical knowledge for the cultivation of Hishikawa Moronobu's creative personality. As a civilian painter, Hishikawa Moronobu's painting themes are mainly natural images such as flowers, evening breeze and rural scenery. , such as "Lany Ueno amorous feelings scene". In terms of printmaking, such as The Complete Works of Rock and Wood Paintings and The Complete Works of Beauty Pictures, Hishikawa Moronobu prefers genre painting and beauty pictures.

Hishikawa Moronobu's creative style is changeable. It is really more difficult to divide Hishikawa Moronobu's creation into several parts. It is a good way to analyze Ling Chuan's creative characteristics through his works. Unique creative style, vigorous and smooth brushwork, and proper dynamic and static image-building have become an indispensable part of Hishikawa Moronobu's creative characteristics. As the benchmark of Ukiyo-e painting, Hishikawa Moronobu's creative style provided reference and creative basis for later Ukiyo-e painters.