AI That Learned Japanese Beauty: Sakana AI Releases Evo-Ukiyoe and Evo-Nishikie Models

Sakana AI

Sakana AI released two image generation models trained on Japanese ukiyo-e artwork: Evo-Ukiyoe generates ukiyo-e-style images from Japanese text prompts, while Evo-Nishikie colorizes monochrome classical woodblock prints into multi-color versions. The models were trained on 24,038 high-quality digitized ukiyo-e images from Ritsumeikan University's Art Research Center, using LoRA fine-tuning and ControlNet techniques. Both models are now publicly available on HuggingFace for research and education, enabling new applications in cultural education, content creation, and digital preservation of classical Japanese literature.

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日本の美を学んだAI：浮世絵風画像生成モデルEvo-Ukiyoeと浮世絵カラー化モデルEvo-Nishikieを公開