LIFE IN JAPAN IN THE EDO PERIOD. Edo (Tokyo) was made the capital of Japan by the Tokugawa shogunate. When the shogunate set up a fortress city there around 1600 it was a small village. By 1700, it was the largest city on the world, with a population of 1,200,000, compared to 800,000 in London and 500,000 in Paris at that time.

History of Edo and its people. The Edo Era began in 1603 when the Tokugawa shogunate established Edo as the capital in what is now modern day Tokyo. Lasting for 265 years, it was the most prolonged and systematic feudal military government in Japan. Overcrowded city: Nagaya-housing as a solution for residents from all walks of life

Ukiyo–e (“pictures of the floating world”) is a Japanese term for prints and paintings that show daily life and the varied interests and fashions of Japanese people during the Edo period (1603–1868). Take a closer look at the plants, scenery, architecture, and splendid kimonos depicted here – they provide a vibrant window into the sights and sounds of this time …

Many woman during the Edo Period were entertainers and theatre dancers to the hierarchy including the Tokugawa family that ruled during this period. Women living under the Tokugawa Shogunate did not exist legally, therefore they had no real roles during the Edo period, as there were not even recognized.

Society of the Edo period In the Edo period, people actively made pilgrimages to distant temples and shrines. It is said that such pilgrimages were highly entertaining in a sense, and led to the popularity of travelling among common people.

The chonin influenced artistic production and Edo period life in general, especially during the first century of the period. The second century, between 1700–1800, was relatively stable with occasional political disruptions and economic hardships. Restrictions on the importation of foreign books was lifted by Shogun Yoshimune, allowing ...

Edo culture, Cultural period of Japanese history corresponding to the Tokugawa period of governance (1603–1867). Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa shogun, chose Edo (present-day Tokyo) as Japan’s new capital, and it became one of the largest cities of its time and was the site of a thriving urban culture. In literature, Basho developed poetic ...

he Edo period (1615 – 1868) saw the flowering of many forms of cultural expression, both colorful and boisterous, muted and restrained, that we think of today as typically Japanese.These include kabuki and no¯ drama, the tea cere-mony (see fig. 1), the martial arts, woodblock prints, and porcelain.This culturally diverse and extraordinarily