Abstract
The Edo period, from which today's artistic Japan still draws, has left an important mark in cultural memory. It is often inflected in all possible tendencies, directions and genres and also influenced European art.
This is where the unique ukiyo art style was born, a traditional source inspiration. Wonderful ukiyo-e prints were created, as well as specific literary genres focused on fluctuating world.
With a unique line of interpretation, the book captures the changes in the Japanese tradition and shows which ones in this way, culture takes on its meanings and places them in new contexts. Diverse artistic directions belong to culturally transmitted imaginary practices, they change in connection with changes in life in society, they mix with new trends and with modern issues.
These artistic practices touch the inner border of Japanese culture and at the same time express its uniqueness. Traditional cultural models are a process of cultural re-identification and the lost thread that takes place due to growing moralizing pressures, it is recaptured today form new generation.