# Shin-Hanga × Ukiyo-e — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=shin-hanga+ukiyo-e
# Shin-Hanga 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 Shin-Hanga (Style, 1915–1960s) and its accent from Ukiyo-e (Style, 17th–19th century). Structural cues: The lyricism of night and rain; Western treatment of light; Precision of the carver-printer system; Landscapes of travel. Accent cues, used sparingly: Clear outlines; Flat color; Bold cropping; Overlapping space. Composition: Low horizon, a single light source, the foreground sunk into dark. Type and lettering: Keep lettering out of the image, at the margin or the seal position. Let one material quality come from the second style: Keylines and few color blocks; use the paper as one of the colors. Mood: Calm, Nostalgia, Luxury, Exhilaration. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 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
# - Both belong to Japanese Woodblock Prints, so the difference is small. Push the roles further apart than feels comfortable.
# - Roughly 1898 years apart. Keep one of them recognisably period rather than letting both drift into the middle.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Shin-Hanga: Chasing only the mood of night and rain misses the tonal precision the carver and printer supply, and leaves nostalgia for a motif.
# - Ukiyo-e: Not a kit of 'Japanese-style' signs. Research the artist, carver, printer, period and subject.

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