/yooh kee"oh ay'/ ; Japn. /oo kee"yaw e"/ , n.
a genre style of painting and printmaking developed in Japan from the 17th to the 19th centuries and marked by the depiction of the leisure activities of ordinary people.
[ 1895-1900; uki-yo transitory world ( uki float + yo world) + ( w ) e picture (perh. huà ) ]