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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Ukiyo-e</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>Katsukawa School</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Kitao School</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Utagawa School</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Nishimura School</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Kaigetsudo School</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Yokohama-e</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Kitagawa School</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Hokusai School</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Hishigawa School</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Edo-e</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Suzuki School</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Muzan-e</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Yakusha-e</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>ukiyo-e artists</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>nishiki-e</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Japanese printmaking styles</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Japanese painting styles</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Late Edo</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>floating-world</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>ukiyoe</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Distinctive genre in painting and other media, but most prominently in woodblock printing. It arose in the Edo period (1600-1868) and built up a broad popular market among the middle classes. Subject matter typically focused on brothel districts and kabuki theatres, with formats ranging from single sheet prints to book illustrations. Generally, the style is characterized by a mixture of the realistic narrative of the Kamakura period and the mature decorative style of the Momoyama and Edo periods. Distinctive styles and specialties in subject matter were developed by different schools throughout the period. ]]></note></mads>