xxxHolic Roundtable: The Ukiyo-e in the manga

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In relation to Adam Stephanides’ post on xxxHolic, Art Nouveau and Ukiyo-e, here are some images from the floating world for comparison with the various illustrations and covers for CLAMP’s manga.

(1) Style of Moromosa: Parading Courtesan with Attendants, 1740s

(2) Fan prints by Kuniyoshi

(3)  Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine): The Angry Drinker, late 1810s

(4)  Kuniyasu: Geisha with Samisen, mid to late 1810s

(5) New Year’s Eve Foxfire at the Changing Tree by Hiroshige (1857). This famous woodblock print from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo is also my favorite in the series. If I were to get a Ukiyo-e print to hang in my house this would be the one.

(6) Haunted Couple; Illustration from Stars on a Frosty Night (1808) by Hokusai. Revenge scene from a “Gothic novel”.

(7)  Haunted Couple; Illustration from The Bridge of Love-dreams (1809) by Hokusai. A scene from another Gothic novel.

(8)  Young Lovers. Plate from The Jewelled Merkin (c.1820) by Hokusai

(9)  Boat Harlot (mid-1810s) by Hokusai

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Update by Noah: You can read all posts in the xxxholic roundtable here.

5 thoughts on “xxxHolic Roundtable: The Ukiyo-e in the manga”

  1. Beat me to it; I was going to post a couple (and maybe will add a few later.)

    Do you have credits for these Suat? I know I’ve seen several of them and should know the artists, but my memory for Japanese names is embarrassingly poor.

    I talk about some ukiyo-e series here and here if anyone wants to see other examples.

  3. The New Year’s Eve has long been a favorite of mine. I would love to have that on my wall. *wistful sigh*

    Later in the manga, they do something of an enactment of that scene. I wish I had all my volumes (I lost my library in a flood about eight months ago) and I’d look it up and scan some.

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