Ukiyo-e

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title: Ukiyo-e
text: ukiyo-e Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art that flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; flora and fauna; and erotica. The term ukiyo-e (浮世絵) translates as 'picture[s] of the floating world'. In 1603, the city of Edo (Tokyo) became the seat of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate. The chōnin class, positioned
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description: Genre of Japanese art which flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukiyo-e
date created: 2002-03-08T10:51:40Z
date modified: 2024-08-30T14:15:00Z
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