Osaka
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| - | '''''Ukiyo''''' or the '''Floating World''' is a term used to describe many aspects of life, including - but not limited to - the pleasure-seeking lifestyle and culture of [[Edo Period]] [[Japan]] ([[1600]]–[[1867]]). | ||
| - | This view of the Floating World is centered on [[Yoshiwara]], the licensed red-light district of Edo (modern [[Tokyo]]). The area's brothels, teahouses and [[kabuki]] theatres were frequented by Japan's growing middle class. This particular Floating World culture also arose in other cities such as [[Osaka]] and [[Kyoto]]. | + | # a city in [[Honshū]], [[Japan]]. |
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| - | The famous Japanese woodblock prints known as [[ukiyo-e]], or "pictures of the Floating World", depict scenes of the Floating World: [[geisha]], kabuki actors, [[sumo]] wrestlers, [[samurai]], [[chōnin]] and [[prostitute]]s. | + | |
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