Transcript Edo Urban Culture - Asian Studies Center

Red Fuji, by Hokusai
Great Wave off Kanagawa, by Hiroshige
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Ukiyo-e
“Pictures of
the Floating World”
What made woodblock
prints so popular in
early modern Japan?
• Mass production made
them affordable
• They could be
produced quickly
• More people living in
cities with money to
spend on prints
• Topics that appealed to
average people
Image of the kabuki theatre
Edo Japan’s 4-class System
• Samurai - rulers, bureaucrats, officials
• Peasants - the largest segment of the
population, involved in rural agriculture
• Artisan - usually urban, they made and built
things
• Merchants - also usually urban, they sold
and distributed things
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Black ink and hand-colored versions of prints by Moronobu (late 17th c.)
Harunobu
(mid-18th c.)
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Utamaro
Sharaku
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Hiroshige
Van Gogh
Manet
Hiroshige
Hokusai
Monet