View of Mount Fuji, part of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō series by Hiroshige, published 1850

Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value)., "pictures of the floating world", is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints. They were produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries and showed landscapes, tales from history, the theatre, and brothels. It is the main artistic genre of woodblock printing in Japan.