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ukiyoe

ukiyoe is the alternative form of ukiyo-e.

Meaning of ukiyo-e

Noun

ukiyo-e (plural ukiyo-e)

  1. A Japanese painting or woodblock print depicting everyday life.
    • Like many Ukiyo-e artists, Jacoulet hires woodcarvers and printers to convert his ideas into prints.1946 January 20, “Approved by the Air Force”, in Time

Forms of ukiyoe

pluralukiyoe

Questions about ukiyoe

What is ukiyoe the alternative form of?
Ukiyoe is the alternative form of ukiyo-e.

Words near ukiyoe in the dictionary

  1. UKIPer
  2. UKIPers
  3. UKIRT
  4. ukiyo
  5. ukiyo-e
  6. ukiyoe
  7. ukiyoye
  8. ukiyoé
  9. Ukkel
  10. Ukkers
  11. Ukkonen's algorithm

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ukiyoe (page history and authors); ukiyo-e (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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