The Artistic Influence of Ming and Qing Dynasties'Art on Japanese Ukiyoe Prints
Ukiyoe prints,a prevalent printmaking art form in Japan during the Edo period,are uniquely characterized by the use of Western scientific geometric perspective in the depiction of grand three-dimensional spatial scenes.Due to the Tokugawa Shogunate's policy of national isolation during the Edo period,only China and the Netherlands were permitted to engage in commercial trade with Japan in Nagasaki.Consequently,a large number of Ming and Qing artworks entered Japan with the merchant ships of Sino-Japanese trade,and their expressions and stylistic tendencies had many influences on the birth of Ukiyoe,the innovation of printing techniques,and the transformation of images.