Oedo Culture

...Traditionally, its decadence has been emphasized, but in recent years it has been positively evaluated as a period in which an urban, popular culture was formed, centered in Edo, and which, because it expanded to the provinces as well, promoted the formation of a national culture that paved the way for modernity.
[Edo Culture]
The Bunka culture, also known as the Great Edo culture, is characterized in its cultural history by the fact that it developed mainly in Edo. To put it simply, the majority of the writers, painters, and actors who were responsible for the cultural production of this period were Edo residents, and they were mainly active and produced their works in Edo.

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…従来は，その退廃性が強調されたが，近年ではこの時期に，江戸を中心に都市的･大衆的な文化が形成されたとし，しかもそれは地方をも巻き込んで展開したところから，近代を用意する国民文化の形成を促進したと積極的な評価が与えられている。
［江戸の文化］
　化政文化は大江戸文化ともいわれるように，江戸を中心に展開したところに文化史上の第一の特色が認められる。端的にいって，この時期の文化的生産を担った文人，画家，俳優の大半が江戸在住の人々であり，しかも彼らは主として江戸で活躍し仕事を残したのであった。…

※「大江戸文化」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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