List of ukiyo-e terms

This is a list of terms frequently encountered in the description of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints and paintings.


 * Aizuri-e
 * Baren
 * Benizuri-e
 * Bijinga
 * Bokashi (printing)
 * Chūban, a print size about 7 by 10 inches (18 by 25 centimeters)
 * Chūtanzaku, a print size about 14 by 5 inches (36 by 13 centimeters)
 * Edo period
 * Geisha
 * Hashira-e, “pillar print”, about 28 by 4.5 inches (73 by 13 centimeters)
 * Hosoban, a print size about 13 by 5 inches (33 by 14.5 centimeters)
 * Ise
 * Kakemono-e, an ōban diptych arranged one above the other (also a hanging scroll paintings)
 * Kamigata
 * Kappazuri
 * Kisokaidō
 * Mameban, a print size about 4.75 by 3.2 inches (12 by 8 centimeters), sometimes called a “toy print”
 * Mount Fuji
 * Nikuhitsuga
 * Nishiki-e
 * Ōban, a print size about 13 by 5 inches (33 by 14.5 centimeters)
 * Ōkubi-e
 * Osaka
 * Schools
 * Shikishiban, a print size about 8 by 7 inches (21 by 18 centimeters) often used for surimono
 * Shunga
 * Surimono
 * Tate-e, a print in vertical or “portrait” format
 * Tenpō reforms
 * Tōkaidō
 * Ukiyo
 * Urushi-e
 * Washi
 * Yakusha-e
 * Yoko-e, a print in horizontal or “landscape” format
 * Yokohama-e

Also see

 * Schools of ukiyo-e artists
 * Ukiyo-e
 * Woodblock printing in Japan