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Edo Culture : Daily Life and Diversions in Urban Japan, 1600–1868 by Kazuo, Nishiyama,; Gerald, Groemer, is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Nishiyama Matsunosuke is one of the most important historians of Tokugawa (Edo) popular culture, yet until now his work has never been translated into a Western language. __Edo Culture__ presents a selection of Nishiyama’s writings that serves not only to provide an excellent introduction to Tokugawa cultural history but also to fill many gaps in our knowledge of the daily life and diversions of the urban populace of the time. Many essays focus on the most important theme of Nishiyama’s work: the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries as a time of appropriation and development of Japan’s culture by its urban commoners. In the first of three main sections, Nishiyama outlines the history of Edo (Tokyo) during the city’s formative years, showing how it was shaped by the constant interaction between its warrior and commoner classes. Next, he discusses the spirit and aesthetic of the Edo native and traces the woodblock prints known as __ukiyo-e__ to the communal activities of the city’s commoners. Section two focuses on the interaction of urban and rural culture during the nineteenth century and on the unprecedented cultural diffusion that occurred with the help of itinerant performers, pi

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Author

Kazuo, Nishiyama,; Gerald, Groemer,

Publisher

University of Hawai'i Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780824817367

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities