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English

Etymology
Japanese 浮�絵 (����, ukiyoe), from 浮� (���, ukiyo) �fleeting world� + 絵 (�, e) �picture�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�u�kɪ.j��'jeɪ/

Noun
en-noun|ukiyo-e

1. a Japanese woodblock print or painting depicting everyday life

#:*1958: The masters of Ukiyo-e, the woodblock print, like Utamaro, immortalized its great courtesans and its famous houses of prostitution. � The Times, 2 Apr 1958, p.11 col. F
#:*2001: Starling looked past Carter, to an ukiyo-e woodcut of a Kabuki player. � Glen David Gold, Carter Beats the Devil

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ru:ukiyo-e

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