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The [[Yoshiwara]] and other realms of the courtesans likewise did not appear until the Edo period, and developed over the course of the period from a simple place for prostitution into the highly romanticized and ritualized subject of countless works of art and literature, both contemporary and modern.

The [[Yoshiwara]] and other realms of the courtesans likewise did not appear until the Edo period, and developed over the course of the period from a simple place for prostitution into the highly romanticized and ritualized subject of countless works of art and literature, both contemporary and modern.

''[[Bushido|Bushidô]]'', or the "Way of the Warrior", was likewise codified and established in the Edo period. Though it certainly drew upon earlier notions of honor, loyalty, and a particular code of ethics, the concept only truly coalesced in this period. [[Tsuramoto Tashiro]], the compiler of the ''[[Hagakure]]'', along with [[Miyamoto Musashi]], [[Yagyu Jubei|Yagyû Jûbei]], and many other great philosophers of the warrior code lived during this period.

The samurai, meanwhile, patronized and pursued a number of "elite" artistic forms which matured or blossomed in this period. Samurai retained their swords, which became a prime marker of their samurai status, and various martial ideals remained core elements of the ideology of samurai identity. However, the samurai were no longer true warriors, and their martial identity became a more abstract, conceptual one; within a few generations, a samurai's training in martial arts, for example, was no longer truly a matter of practical skills applicable to an actual encounter, but was more a matter of art, correct form, discipline, and spiritual focus, or, as one scholar has written, "a matter of formal gymnastics and disciplined choreography."<ref>Schirokauer, et al., 136.</ref> ''[[Bushido|Bushidô]]'', or the "Way of the Warrior", was likewise codified and established in the Edo period. Though it certainly drew upon earlier notions of honor, loyalty, and a particular code of ethics, the concept only truly coalesced in this period. [[Tsuramoto Tashiro]], the compiler of the ''[[Hagakure]]'', along with [[Miyamoto Musashi]], [[Yagyu Jubei|Yagyû Jûbei]], and many other great philosophers of the warrior code lived during this period. In securing, or honing, their position as the elite class, the samurai embraced a variety of arts, including painting, calligraphy, certain forms of pottery arts, [[tea ceremony]], and [[Noh]] theatre, as well as ideologies of refinement, including [[Neo-Confucianism|Confucianism]] and the notion of pursuing or perfecting a balance between ''bun'' (the literary) and ''bu'' (the martial).

*ukiyo-e, urbanization, kabuki & bunraku, kibyoshi/sharebon, pleasure quarters (Yoshiwara)

*ukiyo-e, urbanization, kabuki & bunraku, kibyoshi/sharebon, pleasure quarters (Yoshiwara)