Word of the Day 07/14/23 Ukiyo-e

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Ukiyo-e (noun)
ukiyo-e [ yoo-kee-oh-ey; Japanese oo-kee-yaw-e ]

noun
1. a genre style of painting and printmaking developed in Japan from the 17th to the 19th centuries and marked by the depiction of the leisure activities of ordinary people.

ORIGIN: 1895–1900; < Japanese, equivalent to uki-yo transitory world (uki float + yo world) + (w)e picture (perhaps

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<b>Ukiyo-e</b> <i>(noun)
ukiyo-e [ yoo-kee-oh-ey; Japanese oo-kee-yaw-e ]</i>

<b>noun</b>
1. a genre style of painting and printmaking developed in Japan from the 17th to the 19th centuries and marked by the depiction of the leisure activities of ordinary people.

<b>ORIGIN:</b> 1895–1900; < Japanese, equivalent to uki-yo transitory world (uki float + yo world) + (w)e picture (perhaps <Middle Chinese; compare Chinese huà)

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You can see some samples of the art at the MET. <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/plea/hd_plea.htm" target="_blank">Art of the Pleasure Quarters and the Ukiyo-e Style</a>. I really like this <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/45434" target="_blank">piece</a>.