Research Paper On Ukiyo-E

The beautiful and richly coloured Japanese wood-block prints represent the art Ukiyo-e , first developed in the seventeenth-century.
The term ukiyo-e means as 'pictures of the floating world'
Ukiyo-e is produced by woodblock prints and paintings of female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history, landscapes and folk tales.
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It wasn't until the eighteenth century that ukiyo-e became a popular art form, mostly to developments in woodblock printing techniques. Also, subjects like kabuki actors and beautiful women came to be more represented, and books carrying illustrations by young ukiyo-e artists were widely accessible. These factors helped ukiyo-e become a part of Japan's popular