uke-e en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈukeɪˌeɪ/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈuːkeɪˌeɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Transliteration of Japanese 有卦絵 (うけえ, ukee), from 有卦 (うけ, uke, “streak of luck”) (有 (う, u, “to have, possess”) + 卦 (け, ke, “divination symbol or sign”)) + 絵 (え, e, “picture”).
Meanings
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A kind of ukiyo-e (“Japanese painting or woodblock print showing a scene of everyday life”) depicting an auspicious subject, which was popular in Japan during the late 1800s.
This print uses letters as part of the picture but is also an example of an uke-e (lucky print). […] On entering a good luck phase a person would receive gifts such as this print containing seven words beginning with the syllable fu (from fuku = happiness).
2006, Rebecca Salter, “Leisure, Pleasure, Play”, in Japanese Popular Prints: From Votive Slips to Playing Cards (A Latitude 20 Book), Honolulu, Hi.: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, figure 138 caption, page 134:
Translations (4)
fi uke-e (kind of ukiyo-e depicting an auspicious subject) · mk уке-е (kind of ukiyo-e depicting an auspicious subject) · ja 有卦絵 (kind of ukiyo-e depicting an auspicious subject) · pl uke-e (kind of ukiyo-e depicting an auspicious subject)