Popular during the Edo period (1615–1868), Ukiyo-e is a term for the beautiful Japanese art of woodblock prints of nature, landscapes, and people.
Ukiyo-e literally means ‘pictures of the floating world’ in Japanese. Ukiyo ‘fleeting world’ + e ‘picture.’
In my view, the greatest exponents of Ukiyo-e are Hiroshige and Hokusai.
A wonderful introduction to this exquisite art form is Ukiyo-e: The Art of the Japanese Print by Frederick Harris, published in 2010.