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11-01-2015
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Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
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In this activity, students read a brief description of the actor genre in ukiyo-e prints before examining and taking notes on four ukiyo-e prints depicting various types of people from the Edo period of Japan. In small groups, students investigate the merchant class of the Edo period by answering a series of questions about each woodblock image.