Ukiyo-e 16, TH-1, Handbag - Hokkei, The Seaweed-gathering RitualUkiyo e Bag The Seaweed gathering Ritual. Art inspires fashion Exotic style fashion. Ukiyo e (Japanese, meaning "Pictures of the Floating World"). Ukiyo e depicts and records the life of Japanese people in the Edo period. It represents Japanese art of 17 19 centuries. The Seaweed gathering Ritual at Nagato from the series Famous Places in the Provinces In this painting we see rows of big waves chased two men who were desperately running. Actually, it