Tokugawa Period (1600-1868)

 Also known as Edo
 Or Kinsei (recent past)

Genroku era (1688-1703)
Considered the culture high point of the Tokugawa Era
During this era we see the development of kabuki and bunraku (puppet theater), woodblock prints (ukiyo-e), haiku poetry, storybooks and professional storytellers, etc. Under the rule of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, the Fifth Shogun, also known as the “Dog Shogun!”

Ukiyo the floating world

Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa Shogun

Fudai “hereditary lords”
Tozama “outside lords”
Sankin kotai (alternate residences)

Sakoku (Closed Country)

Dejima (or Deshima)

Four Class System

Neo-Confucianism—based on teachings of Chu His (1130-1200) and his Japanese proponent Hayashi Razan (1583-1657)

Bushidô
Bu and Bun
Rônin

Giri  duty
Ninjô  human emotion

Licensed Quarters—aka “Pleasure Quarters” or “Gay Quarters”
 First one established under Hideyoshi is 1589
 Yoshiwara in Tokyo—1618 (by 1700 there were 2000 women in this quarter)
 Shinmachi in Osaka—1629
 Shimbara in Kyoto—1641
 By 1679 there were over 100 licensed quarters