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Though woodblock printing certainly went on for a time after the end of the Edo period, the ''ukiyo'' ("floating world") became, for the most part, a thing of the past. Much like kabuki, which does survive and continue today, and for which actor prints continue to be made, ''ukiyo-e'' was very much a product of its time, and continues to represent quite vividly the culture of that time.
Though woodblock printing certainly went on for a time after the end of the Edo period, the ''ukiyo'' ("floating world") became, for the most part, a thing of the past. Much like kabuki, which does survive and continue today, and for which actor prints continue to be made, ''ukiyo-e'' was very much a product of its time, and continues to represent quite vividly the culture of that time.
==Reference==
==Reference==
*[[Richard Lane|Lane, Richard]]. ''Images from the Floating World''. Old Saybrook, CT: Konecky & Konecky, 1978.
*[[Richard Lane|Lane, Richard]]. ''Images from the Floating World''. Old Saybrook, CT: Konecky & Konecky, 1978.
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