ukiyo-e
nounUK /uːˌkiːjəʊˈeɪ/ · US /uːˈki.oʊˌeɪ/
Etymology Borrowed from Japanese 浮世絵 (ukiyoe), from 浮 (uki, “floating, fleeting”) + 世 (yo, “world; era”) + 絵 (e, “image, picture”).
- Like many Ukiyo-e artists, Jacoulet hires woodcarvers and printers to convert his ideas into prints.1946 January 20, “Approved by the Air Force”, in Time:
- The masters of Ukiyo-e, the woodblock print, like Utamaro, immortalized its great courtesans and its famous houses of prostitution.1958 April 2, The Times, p.11 col. F:
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- Starling looked past Carter, to an ukiyo-e woodcut of a Kabuki player.2001, Glen David Gold, Carter Beats the Devil:
- Hyponyms
- uke-e