while Ukiyoe is descended from Yamato-e painting (a traditional Japanese style painting of the late Heian and Kamakura periods dealing with Japanese themes), and consistent with the cultural background of the comprehensive pictorial art genre; by contrast, it depicts scenes from people's everyday life and things.
大和絵の流れを汲み、総合的絵画様式としての文化的背景を保つ一方で、人々の日常の生活や風物などを描いている。