Art of the Edo Period (1615–1868) – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/art-of-the-edo-period-1615-1868
In Japan’s self-imposed isolation, traditions of the past were revived and refined, and ultimately parodied and transformed in the flourishing urban societies of Kyoto and Edo.
expression surfaced in the literary and visual arts, giving rise to the Kabuki theater
