# Postwar Japanese Poster × Ukiyo-e — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=japanese-poster+ukiyo-e
# Postwar Japanese Poster carries the structure. Ukiyo-e appear as accents, each further back than the last.
# Style descriptors only. Never imitates a specific artist, studio, brand or work.

An original image that takes its structure from Postwar Japanese Poster (Style, 1950s–1990s) and its accent from Ukiyo-e (Style, 17th–19th century). Structural cues: Bold flatness; Photography and calligraphy; Personal symbols; Precise construction. Accent cues, used sparingly: Clear outlines; Flat color; Bold cropping; Overlapping space. Composition: Run a central axis, fix the margins, then cut down to a few elements. Type and lettering: Tighten Japanese text into a block and divide roles between calligraphy and type. Let one material quality come from the second style: Keylines and few color blocks; use the paper as one of the colors. Mood: Exhilaration, Luxury, Rebellion, Calm, Nostalgia. Color: build on #eee8dc, #d13b31, #25231f with a single accent drawn from #e6d7b5, #285b7e, #c9a260. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.

# Where the two fight
# - Roughly 1933 years apart. Keep one of them recognisably period rather than letting both drift into the middle.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Postwar Japanese Poster: Placing traditional motifs is only borrowing. Do not flatten the work into one Japanese look, and check how construction differs by designer, decade and advertised subject.
# - Ukiyo-e: Not a kit of 'Japanese-style' signs. Research the artist, carver, printer, period and subject.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/japanese-poster/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/ukiyo-e/design.md