Ukiyo-e, meaning "pictures of the floating world," is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints and paintings that flourished during the Edo period (1603-1867). These artworks depicted scenes from everyday life, including landscapes, portraits of beautiful women (bijin-ga), kabuki actors, sumo wrestlers, and scenes from the "floating world" of entertainment districts. Ukiyo-e became popular due to the affordability of woodblock printing, which allowed for mass production of these colorful images. Ukiyo-e was primarily produced using woodblock printing techniques.
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