ukiyo-e
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ukiyo-e
1895–1900; < Japanese, equivalent to uki-yo transitory world ( uki float + yo world) + ( w ) e picture (perhaps < Middle Chinese; compare Chinese huà )
Example Sentences
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A new solo exhibition by Takashi Murakami, the iconic founder of Japan’s postmodern Superflat movement, is on view at Perrotin: “Hark Back to Ukiyo-e: Tracing Superflat to Japonisme’s Genesis.”
From Los Angeles Times
Inspired by a visit to Giverny, the village Claude Monet called home, Murakami explores ukiyo-e and Impressionism in 24 new paintings.
From Los Angeles Times
“The art had become more and more about a struggle against the market or within the market,” he says through a translator during a recent interview at Perrotin Los Angeles on the afternoon of the opening of his new show, “Hark Back to Ukiyo-e: Tracing Superflat to Japonisme’s Genesis.”
From Los Angeles Times
“So that meant ukiyo-e had influenced all these Western art movements to the point that it destroyed art, really,” Murakami said with a laugh.
From Los Angeles Times
One room contains four giant paneled canvases measuring more than 10-by-7 feet, with Murakami’s interpretations of work by the ukiyo-e masters Kitagawa Utamaro and Torii Kiyonaga.
From Los Angeles Times
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