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

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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.