Japanese Art Edo Period
Edo refers both to the city of edo now called tokyo and to a time period from 1615 to 1868 during which fifteen generations of tokugawa shogun or feudal overlords ruled japan from.
Japanese art edo period. The art from this period of japan s history was simple but the detail they had put. Ieyasu assumed the title of shogun in 1603 and the de facto seat of government was moved from kyōto to his. Japanese art is beautiful and full of traditions and fantasy. Japanese art japanese art tokugawa or edo period.
Ca 1910 a heron sleeps next to the reeds. Tani bunchō 1763 1841 was a japanese literati painter and poet. 8 daoist immortals by tani bunchō. At the death of the momoyama leader toyotomi hideyoshi in 1598 his five year old son hideyori inherited nominal rule but true power was held by hideyoshi s counselors among whom tokugawa ieyasu was the most prominent.
As japan became exposed to western culture at the end of the edo period some bunjinga artists began to incorporate stylistic elements of western art into their own. Although each era in japan s rich art history has many great pieces of art the edo period would have to be one of my favorites. Fine art culture art japanese art japan art chinese art art eastern art art prints woodcut koson naga oban date. Seasonal imagery in japanese art october 2004 department of asian art.
The edo period is one of the richest in the history of japanese art but only in recent decades has it become a focus of art historical study in japan.