1. Little record of the patrons of ukiyo-e paintings has survived.

2. Standards for inclusion in the ukiyo-e canon rapidly evolved in the early literature.

3. The earliest ukiyo-e artists came from the world of Japanese painting.

4. The ukiyo-e print was a commercial art form, and the publisher played an important role.

5. Ukiyo-e artists such as Utagawa Kuniyoshi presented similar themes with bondage, rape and erotic crucifixion.

6. Many ukiyo-e artists received training from teachers of the Kanō and other painterly schools.

7. As a result, many ukiyo-e artists designed travel scenes and pictures of nature, especially birds and flowers.

8. E-hon books of illustrations were popular and continued be an important outlet for ukiyo-e artists.

9. Ukiyo-e displays an unusual approach to graphical perspective, one that can appear underdeveloped when compared to European paintings of the same period.

10. The paintings of the Kanbun era (1661–73), most of which are anonymous, marked the beginnings of ukiyo-e as an independent school.

11. The dyes in ukiyo-e prints are susceptible to fading when exposed even to low levels of light; this makes long-term display undesirable.

12. Hokusai also changed the subjects of his works, moving away from the images of courtesans and actors that were the traditional subjects of ukiyo-e.

13. The techniques sometimes appeared together in ukiyo-e works, geometrical perspective providing an illusion of depth in the background and the more expressive Chinese perspective in the fore.