Ukiyo-e, or ukiyo-ye (浮世絵; u.ki.jo.e; `pictures of the floating world`), is a genre of woodblock prints and paintings that flourished in Japan from the 17th through 19th centuries. Aimed at the prosperous merchant class in the urbanizing Edo period (1603–1867), depictions of beautiful women; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from .....
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(Japanese: `pictures of the floating world`), one of the most important genres of art of the Tokugawa period (1603–1867) in Japan. The style is a ... [14 related articles]
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Japanese picture or print depicting the pleasures of everyday life; mainly produced by the technique of
woodcut, or woodblock. Beg ...
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Sometimes just written as ukiyoe. The ukiyo-e movement, as a whole, sought to express an idealisation of contemporary urban life. It produced very popular woodblock prints
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Japanese picture or print depicting the pleasures of everyday life; mainly produced by the technique of woodcut, or woodblock. Beginning in the 17th century, ukiyo-e became the dominant art form in 18th- and 19th-century Japan. Originally made in black and white, advances in woodcut printing in the late 18th century enabled the prod...
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a genre style of painting and printmaking developed in Japan from the 17th to the 19th centuries and marked by the depiction of the leisure activities of ordinary people.
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