EDO to MEIJI Periods

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EDO to MEIJI Periods

• Edo/Tokugawa period (1603-1868)
• Tokugawa Ieyasu victorious at Sekigahara in 1600
• Four classes in Edo Society
• Warrior (samurai)
• Farmers and fishermen
• Craftsmen
• Merchants and shopkeepers
• 1853 Commodore Perry and the Blackships

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Commodore Perry 1853
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Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825Title Halt at an
InnDateJapan 1860s
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Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825Title Ronin
(Masterless Samurai)DateJapan 1860s
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Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825Title Display of Women
in YoshiwaraDateJapan 1860s
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Gogh, Vincent van, Portrait of Pere
TanguyDate1887
Gogh, Vincent van,Cherry Blossoms, after
Hiroshige Date1887
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Ando, Hiroshige, 1797-1858Title Tonase with
Daughter KonamiDate1840
Japanese Print Owned by Van Gogh Appearing in
Self- Portrait (with bandaged ear) Date1889
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Ando, Hiroshige, 1797-1858TitleOne Hundred Views
of Famous Places in Edo Squall at
OhashiwoodcutDate1858
HiroshigeOne Hundred Celebrated Places of
EdoJumantsubo at Susaki, Fukagawa 1797-1858
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In 1889 The whole of Japan is pure invention.
There is no such country, there are no such
people. . . . The Japanese people are . . .
Simply a model of style, an exquisite fancy of
art.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) The Importance of Being
Earnest
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Mr. Oscar Wilde is . . . a long tooth liar.
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) Jungle Book White
Mans Burden