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Oku no Hosomichi (奥の細道, originally おくのほそ道), translated as The Narrow Road to the Deep North and The Narrow Road to the Interior, is a major work of haibun by the Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō, considered one of the major texts of Japanese literature of the Edo period. [1] The first edition was published posthumously in 1702. [2]
The Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai), also known as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代, Tokugawa jidai), is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 [1] in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional daimyo, or feudal lords.
Literature during this time was written during the largely peaceful Tokugawa shogunate (commonly referred to as the Edo period). Due in large part to the rise of the working and middle classes in the new capital of Edo (modern Tokyo), forms of popular drama developed which would later evolve into kabuki.
This category represents Japanese texts written in the Edo period (1603-1867). It marks the end of what is known as "classical literature". It marks the end of what is known as "classical literature".
History of Japan Category:Edo period 1603-1868 Succeeded by:Meiji period Category:Empire of Japan ... Edo period in literature (1 C, 7 P) P. People of Edo-period ...
Pages in category "Japanese writers of the Edo period" The following 104 pages are in this category, out of 104 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Literature during the largely peaceful Edo Period, in large part to the rise of the working and middle classes in the new capital of Edo (modern Tokyo), developed forms of popular drama which would later evolve into kabuki. The joruri and kabuki dramatist Chikamatsu Monzaemon became popular at the end of the 17th century.
During the Edo period, Japan enjoyed a period of peace and stability after the end of the turbulent Sengoku period and, with the emergence of an increasingly interconnected economy that connected rural and urban areas, kaidan experienced a shift "in the direction of entertainment from the overtly religious or didactic". [5]