Ukiyo-e

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ukiyo-e
n. (Japanese)"pictures of the floating world", Japanese painting developed during the 17th to the 19th centuries portraying the routine life during the Edo period


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Ukiyo-e
, "pictures of the floating world", is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries, featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre and pleasure quarters. It is the main artistic genre of woodblock printing in Japan.
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