Image · GenreNO.141 / 166

Watch: A great wave curls up, its crest breaking into claw-like white foam, a tiny Mount Fuji in the distance. Flat color blocks and thick outlines are what an ukiyo-e woodblock print looks like.A line-art demo that only illustrates the technique, not finished footage.

Image · Genre

Ukiyo-e浮世绘

Flat blocks of color outlined in black, with bold, daring crops.

Category: Genre
Group: East Asian
Medium: Image
Library: 141 / 166

Want to merge it with other techniques (shot size, lighting, style…) into one full prompt? Click “Add to combo”, then pick one from each of the other terms.

Prompt templates are written from how generation models usually behave and have not yet been verified one by one with real generations. “Common pitfalls” are judgment from experience, not official limits.

When to use it

Japanese subjects, decorative images, posters and packaging.

Prompt template

ukiyo-e woodblock print style, flat color blocks, black outline, visible woodgrain, bold cropping, gradient bokashi in the sky.

Sample prompt · generate an image directly

The technique comes first, followed by the subject, scene, details and aspect ratio. Paste it straight into an image model and swap in your own subject.

Ukiyo-e woodblock print style, flat blocks of color, black outlines, visible woodgrain texture, boldly cropped composition. A rainy night street in modern Tokyo drawn as ukiyo-e: office workers with paper umbrellas, a lit ramen shop, Tokyo Tower in the distance, the sky washed with an indigo gradient. 3:2, even line weight, no realistic lighting.

Common pitfalls

Western realistic lighting is added and the print feel is lost.
Uneven line weight, like a hand-drawn sketch.

Parameter tips

Flat color and outlines are the core; avoid three-dimensional shading.