Genroku culture

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Irises screen by Ogata Kōrin

Genroku culture (Japanese: 元禄文化, Genroku bunka) is the term used to describe the culture of the early Edo period (1603–1867), in particular the Genroku era of 1688–1704.^[1][2] Genroku culture is known as a period of luxurious display when the arts were increasingly patronized by a growing and powerful merchant class.^[3]

Overview[]

Beauty Looking Back, by Hishikawa Moronobu

Genroku culture was mainly centered in the Kamigata area, containing both Osaka and Kyoto.^[4][5] Genroku culture was defined by the fashions and lives of everyday townspeople, particularly those of the merchant classes, whose rising monetary wealth led developments in decorative art, theatre and clothing; however, the samurai classes were also involved in the development of Genroku culture.^[6] Genroku culture would contribute to the development of Neo-Confucian thought, natural science, and classical study.^{[clarification needed]} In fine art, the Rinpa school, founded by Korin Ogata and others, and the Tosa school both played active roles; in ceramic art, Ninsei Nonomura, Koetsu Honami and others were key players. In music, a number of key instruments and musical styles were developed during the Genroku period, including the koto (a thirteen-stringed Japanese zither) music of the Ikuta-ryu School, jiuta (a genre of traditional songs with shamisen accompaniment) music of the Nogawa School, shin-jōruri (new ballad drama) such as gidayu-bushi (musical narrative of the puppet theatre) and icchu-bushi melodies, and nagauta (lit. "long songs", ballads with shamisen accompaniment).^[6]

Arts[]

Red and White Plum Blossoms by Ogata Kōrin

It is generally felt that the Genroku period marks the highest point of Edo period culture. Two representative artists of Genroku culture are Rimpa school artists Ogata Kōrin and Hishikawa Moronobu, who is regarded as the founder of ukiyo-e. The term "Rimpa" (琳派) is an amalgamation of the last syllable of "Kōrin". Torii Kiyonobu I was another influential ukiyo-e artist active within the Genroku period.

Novels and poetry[]

The main elements of the emerging bourgeois culture were developed within the Kamigata region. Examples are the bunraku and kabuki plays of Chikamatsu Monzaemon, the Ukiyozōshi of Ihara Saikaku, and the poetic essays and haiku of Matsuo Bashō.

Kabuki[]

Aragoto-style actor Ichikawa Danjūrō I, wagoto-style actor Sakata Tōjūrō I, and onnagata actor Yoshizawa Ayame I are famous kabuki actors of the Genroku era.

See also[]

• Kasei culture

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Genroku culture at Wikimedia Commons

• Genroku-period - britanica
• 元禄文化 - Kotobank

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