ukiyo-e

See also: ukiyoe and ukiyoé

English

WOTD – 9 June 2011

Alternative forms

ukiyoe, ukiyoé

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /uːˌkiːjəʊˈeɪ/
(US) IPA^(key): /uː.ˈki.oʊ.ˌeɪ/

Noun

ukiyo-e (plural ukiyo-e)

A Japanese woodblock print or painting depicting everyday life. [from 19th c.]
- 1946, "Approved by the Air Force", Time, 20 Jan 1946:
  Like many Ukiyo-e artists, Jacoulet hires woodcarvers and printers to convert his ideas into prints.
- 1958, The Times, 2 Apr 1958, p.11 col. F:
  The masters of Ukiyo-e, the woodblock print, like Utamaro, immortalized its great courtesans and its famous houses of prostitution.
- 2001, Glen David Gold, Carter Beats the Devil:
  Starling looked past Carter, to an ukiyo-e woodcut of a Kabuki player.

Translations

Japanese woodblock print or painting depicting everyday life

Chinese:
Mandarin: 浮世繪 (zh) (fúshìhuì)
French: ukiyo-e (fr) m

Japanese: 浮世絵 (ukiyoe)
Marathi: उकियो-ए (ukiyo-e)
Russian: укиё-э m (ukijó-e)

Further reading

ukiyo-e on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
ukiyo-e on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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