Ukiyo-e artists quickly embraced the woodblock print. Scenes and actors from Kabuki theatrical plays, renowned courtesans and prostitutes, and erotica were early subjects. The earliest ukiyo-e works were screen paintings depicting the entertainment districts-called "the floating world"-of Edo (modern Tokyo) and other cities. Ukiyo-e means "pictures of the floating world" and defines an art movement of Japan's Tokugawa period (1603-1867). This revitalized graphic design during the last decade of the nineteenth century. Asian art provided European and North American artists and designers with approaches to space, color, drawing conventions, and subject matter that were radically unlike Western traditions. _- Increased trade and communication between Asian and European countries during the late nineteenth century caused a cultural collision both East and West experienced change as a result of reciprocal influences.
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