7/1/2012

Ukiyo-e heros

“Den4,” the 3Yen’s correspondant-at-large, reminded us today about these traditional Japanese prints, ukiyo-e, re-imagined as heros of Nintendo games such as The Legend of Zelda below…

M0aR!..
(Machine translation of the Japanese site)

Here’s a video of the Tokyo woodblock printmaker Bull-san going through the basic process of cutting one of the wood blocks for making an ukiyo-e style print of Jed’s ‘Rickshaw Cart’ design.

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3 Responses to “Ukiyo-e heros”

1. Den4 Says:
   July 1st, 2012 at 9:38 am

   I’m was really impressed…the artist’s dedication is surprising and very artful!
   The English news reports came from:

   rocketnews….your-favorite-nintendo-games-as-youve-never-seen-them-before-as-traditional-japanese-prints

   https://www.facebook.com/UkiyoEHeroes

2. George A. Says:
   July 1st, 2012 at 6:24 pm

   This all makes sense—in a going in a great circle kind of way—since Japanese humorous painted scrolls and caricatures by ukiyo-e artists lead to modern comics and animation and ultimately video games.

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   July 11th, 2012 at 8:23 am

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