early modern japanese literature (volume d). tokugawa shogunate (1603–1868) tokugawa shogunate edo...
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Early Modern Japanese Literature (Volume D)
Tokugawa Shogunate (1603–1868)
• Tokugawa shogunate• Edo • merchant, samurai
class• bookstores• literacy• popular reading—
haikai and Buddhist devotional texts
Rice
Society
• Christianity• domain lords and
their families• prostitution and
courtesans• pleasure quarters• Yoshiwara quarter
Ukiyo-e, woodbloock prints
Kabuki Theater
• stylization, gesture• makeup• urbanization• social classes
Monzaemon: Bunraku, Puppet Theater
• popular art form• puppets• joruri chanting• shamisen• voice training
Unorthodox Poetry
• haikai• linked verse• haibun (prose essay)• haiga (ink paintings)
Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694)
• marginal figure• themes in poetry• 1680 retreat• “Banana plant hut” • journey with Sora• The Narrow Road to
the Deep North
“I made love with the man day and night. When he lost his desire, I strengthened him with loach broth, eggs and yams, and we continued. Gradually, as I expected, he ran dry” (p. 605).
Ihara Saikaku (1686)
Tokugawa Japan
With no wars left to fight, the numerous elite samurais often became _________ .
a. bureaucratsb. artistsc. farmersd. warriors
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Prior to the introduction of coined money in the early Tokugawa period, what was the standard of commercial exchange?
a. glass beadsb. goldc. riced. paper notes
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What is kabuki theater?
a. stylized acting with no talkingb. performance using puppetsc. dance-drama using live actorsd. a form of Noh drama
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Which of the following works is the diary of a poet’s travels?
a. The Narrow Road to the Deep Northb. Life of a Sensuous Womanc. Matsu Bashōd. Collection of Myriad Leaves
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Which of the following statements is true?
a. Writers of the period were not highly regarded.b. Theater was not considered a literary form.c. Writers often mixed elements of classical and popular literature.d. Writers were not allowed to mix elements of classical and popular literature.
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