fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
to make merry; to be festive
latest (fashion, hairstyle, etc.); up-to-date
vivid description; painting a lively picture (of)
book printed from woodblocks
illustration (e.g. book); picture
to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
set; plait; braid; entablature
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
dangerous area; perilous road; red-light district; house of ill repute; brothel
(licensed) red light district
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
seal; stamp; judgment; judgement; size (of paper or books)
(the artistic technique of) perspective
distance; perspective; far and near; here and there
tan-e; early multi-colour ukiyo-e print
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
Suzuki Harunobu (approx. 1725-1770)
nishiki-e; multi-colour woodblock print
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
Harunobu; Suzuki Harunobu (approx. 1725-1770)
torii; Shinto shrine archway
Toshusai Sharaku (Edo period painter)
actor print; ukiyo-e print of kabuki actors
Sharaku (Edo period painter)
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
at a stroke; with a single swoop
popularization; popularisation
turmoil; chaos; confusion
painting of flowers and birds; bird-and-flower genre in Chinese and Japanese painting
warrior picture (as a genre of ukiyo-e); musha-e