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Bashō by Hokusai. Oku no Hosomichi (奥の細道, originally おくのほそ道), translated as The Narrow Road to the Deep North and The Narrow Road to the Interior, is a major work of haibun by the Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō, considered one of the major texts of Japanese literature of the Edo period. [1] The first edition was published ...
1.4 Edo-period literature (1603–1868) ... an epic account of the struggle between the Minamoto and Taira clans for control of Japan at the end of the 12th century.
The Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai), also known as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代, Tokugawa jidai), is the period between 1603 and 1868 [1] in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.
The Nara period (奈良時代, Nara jidai) of the history of Japan covers the years from 710 to 794. [1] Empress Genmei established the capital of Heijō-kyō (present-day Nara). Except for a five-year period (740–745), when the capital was briefly moved again, it remained the capital of Japanese civilization until Emperor Kanmu established a ...
[2] [1] During this period, Edo songs and hymns were transcribed for religious and cultural purposes. [8] [3] [9] The late period of Edo literature, beginning in the early 1930s, saw the emergence of various authors and literary forms. [10] One significant work from this period was Ekhere Vb'Itan Edo by Jacob Egharevba, a historian and writer ...
Matsuo Bashō (松尾 芭蕉, 1644 – November 28, 1694); [2] born Matsuo Kinsaku (松尾 金作), later known as Matsuo Chūemon Munefusa (松尾 忠右衛門 宗房) [3] was the most famous Japanese poet of the Edo period.
The Utagawa school came to dominate ukiyo-e output in the late Edo period. [69] Edo was the primary centre of ukiyo-e production throughout the Edo period. Another major centre developed in the Kamigata region of areas in and around Kyoto and Osaka. In contrast to the range of subjects in the Edo prints, those of Kamigata tended to be portraits ...
Edo-period works. Help. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Books of Edo period. This category represents Japanese texts written in the Edo period (1603-1867). It marks the end of what is known as "classical literature". Category:Old Japanese texts. Category:Late Old Japanese texts.