Kan'ei culture

Japanese: 寛永文化 - かんえいぶんか

This culture was centered on the Kan'ei era (1624-1644) in the early Edo period. It inherited characteristics of Momoyama culture and played a transitional role to Genroku culture. Confucian culture is characterized by Katsura Imperial Villa in the west and Nikko Toshogu Shrine in the east, but the classical culture centered on the court of Emperor Gomizunoo and Emperor Meisho in Kyoto and the upper class townspeople is often mentioned in particular. Tofukumon'in (Wako, daughter of Tokugawa Hidetada), who entered the court as a consort with Emperor Gomizunoo, worked hard to restore cultural assets such as shrines and temples in Kyoto that had been devastated by war. Among the artists who frequented the court were representative bearers of Kan'ei culture, such as Tawaraya Sotatsu, Hon'ami Koetsu, and Suminokura Soan.

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Japanese:

江戸初期，寛永年間（1624年―1644年）を中心とする文化。桃山文化の特徴を受け継ぎ，元禄(げんろく)文化への過渡的役割を果たした。西は桂離宮，東は日光東照宮に特質される儒教文化だが，特に京都の後水尾(ごみずのお)・明正(めいしょう)両天皇の宮廷と上層町衆を中心とした古典的文化を特筆して言うことが多い。後水尾院に入内(じゅだい)した東福門(とうふくもん)院（徳川秀忠(ひでただ)の娘和子）は戦乱に荒廃した京都の社寺など文化財の復興に尽力。宮廷出入りの芸術家の中に俵屋宗達(たわらやそうたつ)・本阿弥光悦(ほんあみこうえつ)，角倉素庵(すみのくらそあん)など寛永文化の代表的担い手がいた。

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