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Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido Highway (4.5 MB) This Windows screen saver displays some of Japan's most beautiful landscapes: the 55 woodblock prints of the Reisho edition of the Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido Highway, which were painted by the 19th-century ukiyo-e artist Hiroshige. The screen saver includes landscapes of the two termini (Tokyo and Kyoto) in addition to the 53 post-towns en route. Beautify your desktop with images that were to affect the styles of Western artists such as Manet, Degas, Monet, van Gogh, and Toulouse-Lautrec. Price: US$10 |
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Bijin 1 Screen Saver (3 MB) This Windows screen saver displays 50 colorful ukiyo-e woodblock prints of beautiful Japanese women (bijin) from the 17th to the 20th century. The kimono-clad models in this diverse collection were exemplars of feminine beauty who were carefully selected by the following supreme masters of ukiyo-e: Chikanobu, Choki, Eisen, Eisui, Eizan, Gekko, Goyo, Harunobu, Hokusai, Kanpo, Kiyonaga, Kiyonobu, Koryusai, Kotani Chigusa, Kunisada, Kuniyasu, Kuniyoshi, Shotei, Shunsho, Toyokuni I, Toyokuni II, Utamaro, and Yoshitoshi. Price: US$10 |
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Bijin 2 Screen Saver (2.6 MB) This Windows screen saver displays colorful ukiyo-e woodblock prints of beautiful Japanese women (bijin) from the 17th to the 20th century. The kimono-clad models in this diverse collection were exemplars of feminine beauty who were carefully selected by the following supreme masters of ukiyo-e: Chikanobu, Choki, Eiri, Eisen, Eishi, Eisho, Hanko, Harunobu, Harushige, Isoda, Kaigetsudo, Katsukawa, Kikukawa, Kitao, Kiyomitsu, Kiyonaga, Kiyonobu, Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Moronobu, Utamaro, and Yoshitoshi. Price: US$10 |
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| What is Ukiyo-e
Ukiyo-e, which means Floating-World Pictures, was a Japanese art movement that flourished from the 17th to the 19th century. Ukiyo-e painters and woodblock print artists such as Hiroshige and Hokusai created masterpieces of everyday life that are considered world treasures. Now, for the first time, they are available as PC screen savers. How to Order Simply click on the button to the right to pay and download the file containing the screen saver and a brief biography of the artist. (If the button fails to appear on the screen, click your browser's Refresh button until it does.) Then unzip this file and double-click on the .exe file to quickly install the screen saver. |
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