Culture of the beginning Meiji Period and the end of the Edo Period
Culture during the Edo Period
The Edo period began in 1615 and was the period of the Shogun. During this period there was a large amount of military living in the city of Edo (known as Tokyo today). This was able to sustain the jobs of artisans like carpenters, tailors, tatami makers, shopkeepers, draftsmen and also construction workers and scholars, and legislators.
With the thriving urban lifestyle quickly developing, this gave a new appreciation to more natural and artistic idea with it. With the construction of large bridges across the Sumida River people living in the city would take the opportunity to do more outdoor activities like taking strolls along the river's edge, spring cherry blossom viewings and viewing of the moon in the fall and viewing snowfall in the winter. Men and women of all classes were able to enjoy and practice the traditional arts of painting and music as well as calligraphy, and strategy games like Shogi and Sugoroku.
https://www.history.com/topics/meiji-restoration/videos/tokugawa-ieyasu?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false
The Meiji Restoration
The beginning of the Meiji Period was the end of the reign Tokugawa Shogunate and moving Japan into the modern era. Rolling to 1867, the Choshu and Satsuma clans rebelled against the shogunate and the young emperor Meiji on the throne. With the new reign, Japan opened its borders allowing western countries enter. This allowed the first universities in Japan to be established as well as the development of Western-style painting, literature, and entertainment in Japan. Japan also adopted western clothing and hairstyles also stopping women from shaving their eyebrows and blackening their teeth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_b58Rpg2YY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GezeO3GS8vo
The Edo period began in 1615 and was the period of the Shogun. During this period there was a large amount of military living in the city of Edo (known as Tokyo today). This was able to sustain the jobs of artisans like carpenters, tailors, tatami makers, shopkeepers, draftsmen and also construction workers and scholars, and legislators.
With the thriving urban lifestyle quickly developing, this gave a new appreciation to more natural and artistic idea with it. With the construction of large bridges across the Sumida River people living in the city would take the opportunity to do more outdoor activities like taking strolls along the river's edge, spring cherry blossom viewings and viewing of the moon in the fall and viewing snowfall in the winter. Men and women of all classes were able to enjoy and practice the traditional arts of painting and music as well as calligraphy, and strategy games like Shogi and Sugoroku.
https://www.history.com/topics/meiji-restoration/videos/tokugawa-ieyasu?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false
The Meiji Restoration
The beginning of the Meiji Period was the end of the reign Tokugawa Shogunate and moving Japan into the modern era. Rolling to 1867, the Choshu and Satsuma clans rebelled against the shogunate and the young emperor Meiji on the throne. With the new reign, Japan opened its borders allowing western countries enter. This allowed the first universities in Japan to be established as well as the development of Western-style painting, literature, and entertainment in Japan. Japan also adopted western clothing and hairstyles also stopping women from shaving their eyebrows and blackening their teeth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_b58Rpg2YY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GezeO3GS8vo
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