Representing Appearance of Ancient Japanese Drawing Named Ukiyo-e

Abstract

Ukiyo-e is one traditional woodblock type Japanese drawing. Since it is made by special print technique and using Japanese paper which have very long fiber, Ukiyo-e show a beautiful appearance. In ancient age, the peerage gathered together for watching the appearance of this drawing. In this paper, the color variation of Ukiyo-e is investigated and is represented using a shading model which consider the reflection of the Japanese paper fiber. At first, a set of photos are taken. Then, from these photos, the normal of surface and fiber direction are obtained. Fitting the shading model parameters with the measured data, the appearance of Ukiyo-e can be rendered on a real-time speed. Finally, some experimental results are given to demonstrate the effect of our method.