User:AerobicFox/Art of the Edo period
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Edo (江戸, Edo), or Tokugawa (徳川, Tokugawa) period art refers to a broad diversity of works created during and around the time period that Japan was ruled by the Tokugawa shogunate(1603–1868).[nb 1]
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continued the traditional arts while experiencing a flourish of new styles and art forms in response to the urbanization.
saw a flourish in the traditional arts within the cities of Kyoto and Osaka as well as a growth of new styles and arts in Edo in response to the emerging city life there. Frequented by merchants and samurai experiencing forced idleness, the heavily stylized kabuki theater emerged during this time in contrast to the more formal Noh dramas. The visual arts in Edo tended to focus on places of entertainment such theses kabuki theaters, the red light districts, or places to eat and drink.
Profundity of pictorial arts,
Kyoto, the traditional capital of culture in Japan began to be rivaled by Osaka and Edo.
Zenga comes into being
Two major outside influences, the Dutch and the Chinese. Both forced to only contact Japan through Deshima (Dejima) Island in the Bay of Nagasaki.