浮世絵

Japanese

浮世絵 (ukiyoe): a woodblock print by Hiroshige, and example of ukiyo-e artwork.

Kanji in this term
浮	世	絵
う(き) Grade: S	よ Grade: 3	え Grade: 2
kun’yomi		on’yomi

Alternative spelling
浮世繪 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 浮世 (ukiyo, “the floating world, the pleasure quarters”, in reference to the first main subject area) +‎ 絵 (e, “picture, illustration”).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) うきよえ [ùkíyóé] (Heiban – [0])[3][5][4]
(Tokyo) うきよえ [ùkíyóꜜè] (Nakadaka – [3])[3][5][4]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝkʲijo̞e̞]

Noun

浮(うき)世(よ)絵(え) • (ukiyoe) ^{←うきよゑ (ukyowe)^?} (kyūjitai 浮世繪)

ukiyo-e, Japanese paintings and woodblock prints of the Edo period
erotica
Synonym: 春画 (shunga)
- 2012, Shirakura Yoshihiko, Shunga ni miru irokoi no basho [Places of sensual love seen in erotica], page back cover:
  白(しら)倉(くら)敬(よし)彦(ひこ)
  1940(いっせんきゅうひゃくよんじゅう)年(ねん)、北(ほっ)海(かい)道(どう)生(う)まれ。早(わ)稲(せ)田(だ)大(だい)学(がく)文(ぶん)学(がく)部(ぶ)中(ちゅう)退(たい)。長(なが)年(ねん)、独(どく)立(りつ)した編(へん)集(しゅう)者(しゃ)として現(げん)代(だい)美(び)術(じゅつ)から浮(うき)世(よ)絵(え)にいたる美(び)術(じゅつ)書(しょ)を編(へん)集(しゅう)、近(きん)年(ねん)では浮(うき)世(よ)絵(え)・春(しゆん)画(が)の研(けん)究(きゅう)に携(たずさ)わる。
  Shirakura Yoshihiko
  Issenkyūhyakuyonjū-nen, Hokkaidō umare. Waseda Daigaku bungakubu chūtai. naganen, dokuritsu shita henshūsha to shite gendai bijutsu kara ukiyoe ni itaru bijutsusho o henshū, kinnen de wa ukiyoe shiyunga no kenkyū ni tazusawaru.
  Yoshihiko Shirakura. Born 1940 in Hokkaido. Studied briefly at Waseda University faculty of literature. For many years, an independent editor compiling books on fine arts from contemporary to woodblock prints, in recent years engaged in research on erotica and curiosa.
(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

[DJS-2] 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-3] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-4] 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-5] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN