Travel and Encounter in Early Modern Japan Main Menu Course Description Edo Period Ihara Saikaku Matsuo Bashō

Unit 1.2

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If we can identify one characteristic of the Edo/Tokugawa/early modern period that helps us account for the ideas, trends, fashions, types of literature, etc. that we’ll encounter this semester, it’s the fact that the period from about 1600 to 1850 was an era of relative peace and stability. The Edo period follows on the heels of several centuries of near-constant war, and it’s the sense of stability (and a desire to continue it) that motivates a number of the trends, institutions, and ideas that we observe during this 250-year period.

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