The Adachi Contemporary Ukiyoe Award 2023
The Adachi Contemporary Ukiyoe Award 2023 now is over!
The Adachi Foundation for the Preservation of Woodcut Printing is calling for applications for The Adachi Contemporary Ukiyo-e Award 2023, inviting everyone worlwide to participate submiting their portafolio.
Short description
The Adachi Foundation for the Preservation of Woodcut Printing is calling for applications for The Adachi Contemporary Ukiyo-e Award 2023.
For the Adachi Contemporary Ukiyo-e Award 2023, organiser is looking for 21st century ukiyo-e artists that depict “ukiyo” or “the current times.”
Since 2009, the Adachi Contemporary Ukiyo-e Award has produced woodcut prints based on the works that the winners created. This is an opportunity to become an ukiyo-e artist like Hokusai and create works in collaboration with modern-day carvers and printers.
Ukiyo-e prints, which are loved around the world as an iconic part of Japan, are produced through the collaboration of an artist, a carver, and a printer. Hokusai and Hiroshige, among others, were ukiyo-e artists called “eshi,” who were specialists in creating sketches for ukiyo-e prints. The ukiyo-e they created were truly mirrors of the times, reflecting social conditions and historical backgrounds.
Results will be announced around January, 2024.
Submission requirements:
➜ A portfolio of your past works (a book with 2 – 10 pages of A4 or letter size paper)
➜ A portfolio needs to be uploaded digitally as PDF files.
Who may enter?
No restrictions of your career, age, and nationality.
Prize:
➜ 1st Prize - 300,000 yen + your picture will be made as a woodcut print by contemporary artisans and a complete print will be given to you
➜ 2nd Prize - 150,000 yen + your picture will be made as a woodcut print by contemporary artisans and a complete print will be given to you
➜ 3rd Prize - 50,000 yen
Entry fees:
There is no entry fee to participate!
