<P> Ukiyo - e is a genre of Japanese art which 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 , / u. ki. yo. e / ) translates as `` picture ( s ) of the floating world '' . </P>
<P> Ukiyo - e is a genre of Japanese art which 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 , / u. ki. yo. e / ) translates as `` picture ( s ) of the floating world '' . </P>
this style of printmaking means pictures of the floating world
this style of printmaking means pictures of the floating world
Ukiyo - e
Ukiyo - e