浮うき世よ絵え

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Meanings

noun

ukiyo-e; Edo-period woodblock print

historical termart / aesthetics

Refers to a genre of Japanese art that flourished from the 17th to 19th centuries, depicting scenes of everyday life, landscapes, and kabuki actors. Often used as a historical art term.

浮うき世よ絵えは江え戸ど時じ代だいに庶しょ民みんの間あいだで人にん気きを博はくした。
Ukiyo-e gained popularity among common people during the Edo period.
この美び術じゅつ館かんには北ほく斎さいの浮うき世よ絵えが展てん示じされている。
This museum displays ukiyo-e prints by Hokusai.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が浮うき世よ絵えを描かくfor someone to paint/produce an ukiyo-e print
葛かつ飾しか北ほく斎さいは多おおくの浮うき世よ絵えを描かいた。
Katsushika Hokusai produced many ukiyo-e prints.
浮うき世よ絵えを収しゅう集しゅうするto collect ukiyo-e prints
彼かれは江え戸ど時じ代だいの浮うき世よ絵えを収しゅう集しゅうしている。
He collects ukiyo-e prints from the Edo period.
浮うき世よ絵えの展てん覧らん会かいが開ひらかれるfor an ukiyo-e exhibition to be held
美び術じゅつ館かんで浮うき世よ絵えの展てん覧らん会かいが開ひらかれている。
An exhibition of ukiyo-e is being held at the museum.

Kanji

浮floating, float, rise to surface
世generation, world, society
絵picture, drawing, painting

Related words

版はん画がN1
版画 is the general term for any woodblock or other print, while 浮世絵 refers specifically to the Edo-period ukiyo-e genre.
錦にしき絵え
錦絵 denotes the multicolor ukiyo-e prints developed in the mid-Edo period, a more specific subtype of 浮世絵.
木もく版はん画が
木版画 is the broader technical term for any woodblock print, whereas 浮世絵 names the particular Edo-era art genre made with that technique.

Counted with

枚まいN3
For thin, flat things — sheets, plates, boards, and unstructured garments like shirts.
冊さつN1
If referring to a bound book of prints, 冊 can be used; otherwise 枚 is the natural counter for individual prints.

Built from

浮うき世よ+絵え

Etymology

Formed from 浮世 “the floating world” and 絵 “picture.” 浮世 itself developed as a play on the Buddhist expression 憂き世 “sorrowful world,” recast to evoke the fleeting pleasures and fashions of urban life.