메이지(明治) 초기 우키요에(浮世絵)의 하이브리드적 변형- 신문니시키에(新聞錦絵)를 중심으로 -

Abstract

Ukiyo-e had once appeared in the shape of Shinbun Nishiki-e in the Early-Meiji Period, carrying a kind of hybrid aspect in that it had characteristics in both Ukiyo-e and Newspaper. Shinbun Nishiki-e had its heyday during the SeiNan War and after that it came to lose the essential feature of reporting news. But this was the beginning of modern journalism in Japan and could be connected to visual media like the Sashi-e(sketch) of the ShouShinbun, Manga, and illustrated magazines. For a long time, the researchers of Ukiyo-e in Japan had not paid attention to ShinbunNishiki-e from the ground that it was a vulgar painting. The excellence of Ukiyo-e had been found by the western world at first, so that the leadership of judging the Ukiyo-e was not the side of Japan. As for the colored-woodcut print, Bijinga(painting of beauties) and landscape painting have been the objects of interest. However, considering the intrinsic value of Ukiyo-e, that is, the media of information, let alone the artistic significance, Shinbun Nishiki-e can be evaluated to complete the essence of Ukiyo-e. Therefore, it should be reconsidered the route of the aspect of hybrid culture through the history of Ukiyo-e.