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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 woodcut of a Kabuki player. " Glen David Gold, Carter Beats the Devil
  • Etymology: Japanese æäç (ãããã, ukiyoe), from æä (ããã, ukiyo) "fleeting world" + ç (ã, e) "picture".

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