During japan’s tokugawa period, the country adopted an official policy of national seclusion. this was a time of economic expansion, internal stability, and flourishing cultural arts. the entertainment districts of major cities were called "the floating world," and became the focus of inspiration for many artists. the earliest japanese ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") were depicting these entertainment districts of urban japan.

Screen Paintings

Explanation:

During the ruling of military clan called the Tokugawa, Japan saw how a lively urban culture had its beginning.  People from the town started to use their imagination in order to narrate stories about their peers and these kind of stories became inspiration to create advertisements for the floating world by means of cheap woodblock prints and guidebooks.

These kind of paintings, that contained jewel-like pigments and really hard labor were easy to acquire by means of a patron.

the heightened emotion and nature images.