nishiki-e

Japanese multi-colored woodblock printing
Intangible art_movement Q1683337
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nishiki-e

Summary

nishiki-e is an art movement[1]. nishiki-e draws 106 Wikipedia views per month (art_movement category, ranking #133 of 334).[2]

Key Facts

  • nishiki-e's field of work was woodblock printing[3].
  • nishiki-e is credited with the discovery of Suzuki Harunobu[4].
  • nishiki-e's instance of is recorded as art movement[5].
  • nishiki-e's instance of is recorded as art genre[6].
  • nishiki-e's instance of is recorded as color woodcut[7].
  • brocade is named after nishiki-e[8].
  • nishiki-e followed benizuri-e[9].
  • nishiki-e is a type of ukiyo-e[10].
  • nishiki-e's Commons category is recorded as Nishiki-e[11].
  • nishiki-e's country of origin is recorded as Japan[12].
  • 1765 marks the founding of nishiki-e[13].
  • nishiki-e's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nishiki-e[14].
  • nishiki-e's has effect is recorded as color woodcut[15].
  • nishiki-e's hashtag is recorded as nishikie[16].
  • nishiki-e's category for the interior of the item is recorded as Q141634590[17].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include art movement[5], art genre[6], and color woodcut[7]. nishiki-e is a type of ukiyo-e[10].

Origins

brocade is named after nishiki-e[8]. 1765 marks the founding of nishiki-e[13].

Why It Matters

nishiki-e draws 106 Wikipedia views per month (art_movement category, ranking #133 of 334).[2] nishiki-e has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] nishiki-e is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8h ago · Pi bot bot · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Field of work → woodblock printing
    Country of origin → —
    Follows → —
    Has effect → color woodcut
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7561]]: [[Q141634590]], Setting P7561 value"
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