In urban Edo, which assumed a distinctive character with its revival after a devastating fire in 1657, a witty, irreverent expression surfaced in the literary and visual arts, giving rise to the Kabuki theater and the well-known woodblock prints of the “ floating world,” or ukiyo-e.

Edo: Art in Japan, 1615–1868. The Edo period is one of the richest in the history of Japanese art, but only in recent decades has it become a focus of art-historical study in Japan.

2024年12月13日 · The development of painting during the Edo period drew energy from innovations and changes precipitated during the Momoyama period. Thematic interests, including Confucian subjects and a continuing fascination with Japanese classical themes, were already apparent in the years preceding national consolidation.

Often referred to as Japan’s “early modern” era, the long-lived Edo period is divided in multiple sub-periods, the first of which are the Kan’ei and Genroku eras, spanning the period from the 1620s to the early 1700s.

In the world of painting, highly original artists emerged whose works were informed by tradition yet were full of innovation and whimsy. Edo-period paintings in the collection of the Kyoto...

The Edo period saw an intensified circulation of visual vocabulary and aesthetic principles between mediums (paintings, ceramics, lacquerware, and textiles often shared the similar motifs) and crossing different registers of culture from design to popular culture to nostalgia for a romanticized pre-modern past.

The Edo period (1615–1868) in Japan saw the emergence of a new group of sophisticated art lovers, the townspeople, called chonin (“people of the blocks”). This group included merchants and artisans, many of whom prospered in the booming economy that led to an increased demand for luxury goods.

2020年2月14日 · The dizzying array of artistic lineages and studios active during the Edo period (1615–1868) fueled an immense expansion of Japanese pictorial culture that reverberated not only at home, but subsequently in the history of painting in the West.

2024年8月19日 · Edo period in Japan lasted from 1603 to 1867/1868. Shogun was a military dictator in Japan. Daimyos were rich landowners responsible for local governments. Samurais …

The Edo period was considered a time of peace, stability, and prosperity in Japan. This era was ushered in by Tokugawa leyasu’s (1543-1616) territorial unification of Japan, leading to the creation of a powerful new Japanese government.