Ukiyo-e (Floating World Paintings)

Popular during the Edo period (1603-1867) in Japan Genre painting , women and kabuki It contains worldly and popular content such as actors, scenery of famous places, etc. Mainly woodcut It was made in a form that allowed for mass production, and it adopted themes and painting styles that suited popular tastes, becoming popular among the common people, including the emerging merchant class called ' Jōnin (町人)'.

The 'Ukiyo ( 浮世)' in Ukiyo-e was originally a word that referred to the transience of this world, which was in turmoil due to the civil wars that continued during the Warring States period, but as society found stability in the Edo period, it gradually came to mean the 'floating world ( 浮世)' referring to the hedonistic lifestyle of the masses, and combined with 'e (絵)' meaning 'picture', it came to refer to paintings that depicted the daily lives and worldly customs of the masses. [Naver Encyclopedia]