Edo Art

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Paintings, calligraphy, sclupture, and other forms of art were big back in Edo, art becoming a culture piece of what built up the Tokugawa Period's creative influences.

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Here are a few famous examples of art from the Edo Period:

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The Great Wave off Kanagawa Hokusai, 1831

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Plum Park in Kameido Hiroshige, 1857

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Viewing the Sunset over Ryōgoku Bridge from the Onmayagashi Embankment Hokusai, 1842

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Evening glow at Ryogoku Bridge Keisai Eisen, 1848

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Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre Utagawa Kuniyoshi

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The Lantern Ghost, Iwa Hokusai, 1837