1958 年 9 巻 3 号 p. 10-13
"Ukiyoe" has it's origin in Early Modern Genre-painting. But is as absolutely difficult to limit the period of each as to point out the true forerunner of "Ukiyoe". Since the independence of genre-painting, the bathing scene had frequently been painted as one chief subject on the screens. This fact shows the trend from Early Modern Genre-painting to "Ukiyoe" When Painters took up the bathing scenes on a large scale, the peculiar characteristics of "Ukiyoe" became predominant, for the bathing scene was apt to have erotic elements in itself.