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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