浮世絵師

うきよえし

ukiyoe artist

浮世絵風

うきよえふう

of the ukiyoe style

日本浮世絵協会

にっぽんうきよえきょうかい

Japan Ukiyo-e Society

浮世

うきよ

fleeting life; this transient world; floating world

浮き世

うきよ ふせい

fleeting life, this transient world, sad world

浮世草子

うきよぞうし

(Edo-period variety of) realistic literature, popular stories of everyday life in the Edo period

浮世離れ

otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense

浮世風呂

The Bathhouse of the Floating World (humorous book by Shikitei Sanba)

浮世は夢

うきよはゆめ

life is but a dream; this too shall pass; everything is transient

浮き世離れ

うきよばなれ

unworldly, other-worldly, free from worldliness

浮世の習い

the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life); (just) the way things are

絵

え

picture, drawing, painting, sketch

泥絵

どろえ でいえ

distemper painting

絵札

えふだ えさつ

face card, picture card

漆絵

うるしえ

a lacquer painting

絵コンテ

えコンテ

storyboard (film, television), design for a series of movie scenes

絵絹

えぎぬ

silk canvas

蒔絵

まきえ

gold or silver lacquer, lacquer decoration sprinkled with metal powder

絵羽

えば

figured, patterned