ukiyo-e
See also: ukiyoe and ukiyoé
English
WOTD – 9 June 2011
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Alternative forms
- ukiyoe, ukiyoé, ukiyoye
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 浮世絵 (ukiyoe), from 浮 (uki, “floating, fleeting”) + 世 (yo, “world; era”) + 絵 (e, “image, picture”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /uːˌkiːjəʊˈeɪ/
Audio (UK) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /uː.ˈki.oʊ.ˌeɪ/
Noun
ukiyo-e (plural ukiyo-e)
- A Japanese woodblock print or painting depicting everyday life. [from 19th c.]
- 1946, "Approved by the Air Force", Time, 20 Jan 1946:
- Like many Ukiyo-e artists, Jacoulet hires woodcarvers and printers to convert his ideas into prints.
- 1958, The Times, 2 Apr 1958, p.11 col. F:
- The masters of Ukiyo-e, the woodblock print, like Utamaro, immortalized its great courtesans and its famous houses of prostitution.
- 2001, Glen David Gold, Carter Beats the Devil:
- Starling looked past Carter, to an ukiyo-e woodcut of a Kabuki player.
- 1946, "Approved by the Air Force", Time, 20 Jan 1946:
Translations
Japanese woodblock print or painting depicting everyday life
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Further reading
ukiyo-e on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
ukiyo-e on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons