Ukiyo-e[a] (浮世絵) is a genre of Japanese art that flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; flora and fauna; and erotica.

Ukiyo-e represents the final phase in the long evolution of Japanese genre painting. Drawing on earlier developments that had focused on human figures, ukiyo-e painters focused on enjoyable activities in landscape settings, shown close-up, with special attention to …

Woodblock prints of the Edo period most frequently depicted the seductive courtesans and exciting Kabuki actors (JP2822) of the urban pleasure districts. With time, their subject matter expanded to include famous romantic vistas and eventually, in the final years of the nineteenth century, dramatic historical events.

Ukiyo-e, one of the most important genres of art of the Tokugawa period (1603–1867) in Japan. The style is a mixture of the realistic narrative of the emaki (“picture scrolls”) produced in the Kamakura period and the mature decorative style of the Momoyama and Tokugawa periods.

Ukiyo-e is the movement in Japanese woodblock prints that depict idyllic narratives in the aesthetics of beauty, poetry, nature, spirituality, love, and sex.

Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art that became popular in the 17th century through to the 19th century. The word roughly translates as “pictures of the floating world” and artists belonging to...

2024年3月11日 · Ukiyo-e is a distinctive form of Japanese art that became especially popular from the 17th to the 19th centuries, shaping the aesthetics of Japan’s Edo period. This genre is characterized by woodblock prints and paintings that feature a wide variety of themes.

2022年8月21日 · Ukiyo-e art which translates to English as “pictures from the floating world,” often focuses on the hedonistic aspect of Japanese life during the Edo period, and the beauty of the country’s natural landscapes.

2024年3月5日 · Ukiyo-e, translated as “pictures of the floating world,” and originated in the bustling urban centers of Edo (modern-day Tokyo) during the Edo period (1603-1868).

2023年10月5日 · In the bustling streets of Edo, Japan (now Tokyo), during the Edo period, an extraordinary form of art emerged, known as Ukiyo-e. Ukiyo-e, which means “pictures of the floating world,” beautifully captured the essence of daily life, entertainment, and nature in Japan.