Variant: also uki · yo-ye
Pronunciation: ü- ˌ k ē - ō - ' y ā , - ' ā
Function: noun
Etymology: Japanese ukiyo-e genre picture, from ukiyo world, life + e picture
Date: 1879
: a Japanese art movement that flourished from the 17th to the 19th century and produced paintings and prints depicting the everyday life and interests of the common people also : the paintings and prints themselves