The roots of modern Japanese entertainment lie in the Edo period (1603–1868), where kabuki theatre and ukiyo-e woodblock prints catered to a burgeoning merchant class. This era established two enduring patterns: the star system (onnagata male actors playing female roles) and the commodification of fandom (collectible prints). Post-World War II, American occupation introduced television and pop music structures, but Japan indigenized these. By the 1970s, the monozukuri (craftsmanship) ethos applied equally to manga (Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy ) and variety shows, setting the stage for the economic bubble era’s excesses and subsequent creative explosion.
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