Edo Urban Culture

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Red Fuji, by Hokusai
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Great Wave off Kanagawa, by Hiroshige
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Ukiyo-ePictures of the Floating World
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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
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Edo Japans 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.)
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Harunobu (mid-18th c.)
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Utamaro
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Sharaku
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Hiroshige
Van Gogh
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Manet
Hiroshige
Hokusai
Monet