Semiotic analysis of five Ukiyo-e (floating world) works printed in the early era of Japanese print production, Edo period (1603-1868)

• Grant number: 21/02928-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2021
• End date: July 31, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Interdisciplinary Subjects
• Principal Investigator: Irene de Araújo Machado
• Grantee: Olivia Kari Nagayama Boarini
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FAU). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This Project propounds the investigation of five ukiyo-e graphic prints made in the Edo period, in Japan, through the study of graphic processes and design analysis according to the Semiotics of Japanese Culture. The emphasis of the project is to understand de subjects and codes existing in these prints, as well as the esthetic and historical references, its relations with the other cultures, and the amplitude of its society. Willing to understand the consistency of the relation intersemiotic between the culture and the graphic project, also its repercussion in the design and visual arts fields.(AU)