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==Decline==

==Decline==

The [[Bakumatsu period]] (c. 1850-1867) and [[Meiji Restoration]] of 1868 brought the demise of the Edo period urban culture of which ''ukiyo-e'' was a part.

The [[Bakumatsu period]] (c. 1850-1867) and [[Meiji Restoration]] of 1868 brought the demise of the Edo period urban culture of which ''ukiyo-e'' was a part. The zeal in Japan at the time for Western culture turned artistic attention towards etchings, lithographs, and photographs, spelling the end for the culture of collecting woodblock prints.

[[Image:Kiyochika - Asakusa.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[Asakusa]] area of Tokyo, in a print by [[Kobayashi Kiyochika]].]]

[[Image:Kiyochika - Asakusa.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[Asakusa]] area of Tokyo, in a print by [[Kobayashi Kiyochika]].]]