Ukiyo-e Puzzle

Japanese Woodblock Art

Only for iPhone

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.

iPhone

Hokusai's Great Wave, Hiroshige's snow, Sharaku's actors — solve the puzzle and watch each masterpiece get printed. Hokusai free, one purchase unlocks all. No ads. Print the masterpieces of Japan, one puzzle at a time. Ukiyo-e Puzzle turns the greatest Japanese woodblock prints — Hokusai's Great Wave, Hiroshige's rain and snow, Sharaku's actors — into beautiful, relaxing puzzles. Solve one, and watch it "printed" before your eyes: first the ink-line block, then the colors, then the artist's seal. ■ A Playable Museum · 24 authentic masterpieces in museum quality · Every artwork is genuine public-domain art, courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago · Solve a puzzle to add the print to your Storehouse gallery · Each print comes with a short story: what you're seeing, and why it matters ■ Three Collections [Hokusai] Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji — including The Great Wave and Red Fuji. Free to play [Hiroshige] Edo and the Tōkaidō Road — rain, snow, moonlight and plum gardens [Beauties & Actors] Utamaro, Sharaku, Harunobu and the golden age of portraits The full Hokusai collection is free. One single purchase unlocks the other two collections forever — no subscription. ■ Two Ways to Play · Swap mode — tap two pieces to exchange them. Relaxing, no pressure, always solvable · Slide mode — a classic sliding puzzle for a real challenge · Difficulty grows gently from 12 to 24 pieces · Stuck? Hold the board to peek at the original ■ The Printing Moment Ukiyo-e prints were made by pressing layer after layer — ink lines first, then each color from its own carved block. When you complete a puzzle, you see exactly that: the sumi lines appear, the colors bloom, and the red seal stamps your work. ■ Quiet by Design · No ads, no subscription, no accounts · Fully offline · Progress saved automatically · English and Japanese Five minutes with a masterpiece. That's all it takes.

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Information

Seller
  • Kuromoji LLC
Size
  • 43.3 MB
Category
  • Puzzle
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
  • iPod touch
    Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages
  • English
Age Rating
4+
In-App Purchases
Yes
Copyright
  • © 2026 Kuromoji LLC
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