# Ukiyo-e Woodblock Print

Visual style (Art movements)
Source: https://visual-gallery.asami.tokyo/en/styles/ukiyo-e-woodblock

Edo-period Japanese woodblock prints: flat color areas, bold black keylines, Prussian blue skies and stylized waves.

## Palette
- #1F3A5F Prussian Blue (bero-ai) (~30%)
- #EFE3C8 Washi Paper (~30%)
- #1B1B1B Sumi Ink (~15%)
- #C8442C Vermilion (~10%)
- #6F8FAF Faded Indigo (~10%)
- #C9A15B Ochre (~5%)

## Visual traits
- Flat, unshaded color areas separated by confident black keylines
- Bokashi: a single soft gradient band, usually in the sky or water
- Asymmetric composition with a strong diagonal and cropped foreground objects
- Visible paper grain and slight ink misregistration
- Stylized natural forms (claw-like wave crests, layered mountains)

## Prompt
Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print, flat areas of Prussian blue, vermilion and ochre on cream washi paper, bold black keylines, single bokashi gradient in the sky, asymmetric composition with a strong diagonal, stylized waves and distant mountains, subtle paper grain and slight print misregistration

## Avoid
photorealistic, 3d render, soft shading, lens blur, glossy, neon colors