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Eye on Edo: Art in Japan 1615-1868 |
| Section: THE ARTS / ART |
| Author: Scarlet Cheng |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1999 |
| Size: 2,570 Words, 16,255 Characters |
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We know different cultures by great periods of art--the Tang dynasty for China, the Renaissance for Italy, Impressionism for France. Not so familiar a label to us is the Edo (Eh-doe) period of Japan, a time when the Tokugawa shogun, or military rulers, consolidated their power in Edo (now called Tokyo). Resulting policies and domestic stability gave rise to an urban population, the creation of wealth and leisure and all their related creature comforts: material luxuries, art, and entertainment. From this period we get the wonderful silkscreen prints, dramatic Kabuki theater, and colorful brocades and textiles that we now think of as quintessential Japanese art forms.
The landmark show Edo: Art in Japan 1615--1868 may very well put this era into the popular lexicon for us. No more will w...
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... consists primarily of Edo art," which in the late nineteenth century influenced a number of European artists, including Vincent van Gogh, Mary Cassatt, and Claude Monet. In modern Japan, the color and design of advertising, products, and packaging, as well as much architecture, art, and film, and even the persistence of highly dramatic theatrical forms all attest that the Edo taste lives on.
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