Dictionary

ukiyo-e en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /uːˌkiːjəʊˈeɪ/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /uːˈki.oʊˌeɪ/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 浮世絵 (ukiyoe), from 浮 (uki, “floating, fleeting”) + 世 (yo, “world; era”) + 絵 (e, “image, picture”).

Meanings

1. A Japanese painting or woodblock print depicting everyday life.
   • Starling looked past Carter, to an ukiyo-e woodcut of a Kabuki player. 2001, Glen David Gold, Carter Beats the Devil:
   • The masters of Ukiyo-e, the woodblock print, like Utamaro, immortalized its great courtesans and its famous houses of prostitution. 1958 April 2, The Times, p.11 col. F:
   • Like many Ukiyo-e artists, Jacoulet hires woodcarvers and printers to convert his ideas into prints. 1946 January 20, “Approved by the Air Force”, in Time:

Forms

Hyponyms

uke-e

Translations (6)

cmn 浮世繪 /浮世绘 (Japanese painting or woodblock print depicting everyday life) · pl ukiyo-e (Japanese painting or woodblock print depicting everyday life) · fr ukiyo-e (Japanese painting or woodblock print depicting everyday life) · mr उकियोए (Japanese painting or woodblock print depicting everyday life) · ru укиёэ́ (Japanese painting or woodblock print depicting everyday life) · ja 浮世絵 (Japanese painting or woodblock print depicting everyday life)