Naissance of Pre-Modern Japanese Urban Bourgeois Culture. The Concept of Ukiyo, the Aesteticism of the "Floating World"

Essay from the year 2006 in the subject Asian studies, grade: High Distinction, James Cook University (James Cook University), course: Feudal Japan from 1600 to 1868, language: English, abstract: Unprecedented concentration and tremendous social influence were the two intrinsically linked phenomena that characterized the Edo period (1603-1868). Firstly came the rise of urban centres, in particula...