Engaging Vision #4 is closely tied to Engaging Act #4. It is, in effect, a visual companion for the reading required for Engaging Act #4.

This Trip to Edo is brought to you courtesy of an excellent outside websites which organize links to Edo-period ukiyo-e, Hans Olof Johansson's Edo no Iki Gallery and Nagoya TV's Ukiyo-e Museum. Peruse Johansson's thematic galleries to get a good sense of ukiyo-e and then venture into the Nagoya TV's Ukiyo-e Musuem.

Also: This is a very useful guide to Edo and its woodblock prints, but its interface takes some getting used to: http://www.us-japan.org/edomatsu/

Use the examples of online ukiyo-e to narrow in on certain types of characters that you might include in your Engaging Act #4 scene. You needn't view all of the themes, but look at at least 3 or 4 sets (about 20 prints total).

Take advantage of the visual nature of this material for your Engaging Act #4. That is, use it as a reference for your own description and as inspiration for scenes and personalities.

Woodblock print design, manufacture, and distribution is an intricate process involving artists, block carvers, printers, and publishers. Many of the prints you will see were designed by masters of the medium, Hokusai and Hiroshige, whose work appears in Japanese Inn.

Note what appears distinctive or intriguing or puzzling to you in the prints compared to other art you are familiar with and compared among the prints of different artists. You will have occasion to relate your views in some form in class.