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別の表記

• ukiyoe, ukiyoé, ukiyoye

語源

Borrowed from Japanese 浮世絵 (ukiyoe), from 浮 (uki, “floating, fleeting”) + 世 (yo, “world; era”) + 絵 (e, “image, picture”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /uːˌkiːjəʊˈeɪ/
• (米国発音) IPA: /uːˈki.oʊˌeɪ/

名詞

ukiyo-e (plural ukiyo-e)

1. (art) A Japanese painting or woodblock print depicting everyday life. [from 19th c.]
   • 1946 January 20, “Approved by the Air Force”, in Time:

     Like many Ukiyo-e artists, Jacoulet hires woodcarvers and printers to convert his ideas into prints.

   • 1958 April 2, The Times, p.11 col. F:

     The masters of Ukiyo-e, the woodblock print, like Utamaro, immortalized its great courtesans and its famous houses of prostitution.

   • 2001, Glen David Gold, Carter Beats the Devil:

     Starling looked past Carter, to an ukiyo-e woodcut of a Kabuki player.

下位語

• uke-e

Further reading

• ukiyo-e on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:ukiyo-e on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons