Edo Avant Garde

The Guardians of Edo Avant-Garde reveals the pivotal role Japanese artists of the Edo era (1603 – 1868) played in setting the stage for the “modern art” movement in the West. During the Edo era, while a pacified Japan isolated itself from the world, audacious Japanese artists innovated stylization, abstraction, minimalism, surrealism, geometric composition and the illusion of 3-D.


MODULE 4
Formats and Techniques: How did Edo Period Japanese Live with Art?


Introduction

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High School Lesson Plans

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Middle School Lesson Plans

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Elementary School Lesson Plans

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Conservation and Handcrafting Misugami


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The Educational Modules are made possible by support from The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership