anchor: These were also halcyon days for the classic noh theater, the more popular kabuki, and the puppet theater (today's bunraku) at Osaka, which was Japan's cultural capital at a time when Edo had more politicians and soldiers than artists.
positive: Osaka was the cultural capital of Japan during the time when Edo had fewer artists than politicians or soldiers.
negative: Kabuki, noh theatre and bunraku were never popular in Osaka.