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Life in the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Prints and the Rise of the Merchant Class in Edo Period Japan Lesson PlanLife in the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Prints and the Rise of the Merchant Class in Edo Period Japan Lesson Plan
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Life in the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Prints and the Rise of the Merchant Class in Edo Period Japan

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Learners explore Jananese history through the use of the woodblock print called "ukiyo-e" prints. The audience attracted to the prints, their interests and tastes as well as how the prints reflected the life of the merchant class is the focus of the less

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9th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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