# Yorkshire terrier paintings in Ukiyo-e > A Yorkie in Ukiyo-e: the steel-blue and golden tan coat drawn in fine ink line, set against curling waves and falling cherry blossom. Page: https://www.classicalpetpaintings.com/paintings/yorkshire-terrier/ukiyo-e Style: [Ukiyo-e](https://www.classicalpetpaintings.com/styles/ukiyo-e) · Breed: [Yorkshire terrier](https://www.classicalpetpaintings.com/paintings/yorkshire-terrier) ## The Yorkshire terrier The Yorkshire terrier was developed in the mid-1800s in Yorkshire and Lancashire, in the north of England. The American Kennel Club traces it to the terriers that Scottish weavers brought south with them, small enough to chase rats into the corners of textile mills and coal mines. People joked that its fine, silky coat came off the looms. The breed first appeared at an English bench show in 1861 as a broken-haired Scotch terrier, took the name Yorkshire terrier around 1870, and was recognized by the Kennel Club in England in 1886. As it became a lapdog of Victorian ladies, it grew smaller. Today the AKC standard asks for a dog of no more than seven pounds. That coat is the breed's signature. The standard describes a dark steel-blue body, not silver, from the back of the neck to the root of the tail, with a rich golden tan on the head, chest and legs. Each tan hair is darker at the root and lighter at the tip. Puppies are born black and tan and stay darker, with black hairs mixed into the tan, until they mature. The AKC sums up the temperament as affectionate, sprightly and tomboyish, and calls the Yorkie tenacious, feisty and brave, with all the traits of a true terrier in a small body. The AKC advises trimming the hair on top of the head short or pulling it up into a topknot to keep it out of the eyes, and the standard itself describes the long fall on the head tied with one bow or two. ## Ukiyo-e on a Yorkie Ukiyo-e means pictures of the floating world: the Japanese woodblock prints that flourished from the 17th to the 19th century, known for strong outlines, flat color, and, later in the period, landscapes and nature studies of birds and flowers. Our Ukiyo-e is a house style in that manner, not a copy of any one print. Each painting places the pet in front of curling blue waves with white, clawed crests, under branches of pink cherry blossom with petals drifting across a pale, paper-toned sky. The forms are drawn in dark ink line and filled with soft, flat color, and a small red seal sits in the lower corner. The style suits a Yorkie because of that line. A long Yorkshire coat is made of separate fine strands, and Ukiyo-e draws them one by one, so the parted coat and the falling headfall read as clearly as they do in life. The steel-blue body picks up the blue of the waves, while the golden tan of the face stands out warm against the pale sky and the blossom. Among the examples, a long-coated adult with a red bow in its topknot sits among the waves, a black and tan puppy lies with its front paws stretched out across the water, and an adult in a short trim stands on a stone garden path with streams of stylized waves running across it. Each painting keeps its dog's own coat, ears, tail and pose. ## A Ukiyo-e Yorkie as a gift A Yorkie is a big personality in a small body, and a calm Ukiyo-e portrait gives it a moment of stillness. It can mark a puppy's black and tan coat before it turns blue, or an adult in full coat with its topknot and bow. You see the painting before you pay, and trying another photo or another style costs nothing. Only the painting you approve is printed. A phone photo is fine, and one photo can hold more than one pet, so a pair of Yorkies can share the same waves. ## Questions ### Will my Yorkie's topknot and bow stay in the painting? The painting is made from your photo, so a topknot and a bow in the photo carry into the painting, between the dog's upright ears. ### My Yorkie is a puppy and still black and tan. Will that work? Yes. The AKC standard notes that Yorkie puppies are born black and tan and stay darker until they mature. The puppy in the examples is painted black and tan, as in its photo, not with an adult's steel-blue coat. ### Does a Yorkie in a short pet trim look right in Ukiyo-e? Yes. The ink line follows a short trim as closely as it follows a long coat, and the blue and tan stay where they are in the photo. ### Can I choose a different background for the Ukiyo-e painting? Not yet. Each style sets its own background and mood, and in Ukiyo-e that is waves and cherry blossom. If the painting is not right, you can try another photo or another style for free. ### Can two Yorkies be in one Ukiyo-e painting? Yes. Use one photo with every pet in it. A phone photo is fine: daylight, faces in focus, and each whole head in the frame work best. ## Your pet, in Ukiyo-e ### Fine-art print - 8×10": $89 - 12×16": $92 - 12×18": $95 - 18×24": $115 - 24×36": $127 ### Luxury canvas - 12×16": $149 - 12×18": $157 - 18×24": $199 - 24×36": $254 - 28×40": $399 - 40×60": $849 ### Digital file - Download: $39 [Upload photo to begin](https://www.classicalpetpaintings.com/styles/ukiyo-e)