During the Edo period of Japan the people of The Tokugawa Shogunate
Empire had a certain belief system. They played certain games and sports.
The people of Tokugawa Shogunate ate certain foods that are still
available today. And they were provided services and had a trade system
different than others.
The General Diet of the people of Tokugawa Shogunate.
For Breakfast common people normally ate things like, rice, soup, pickles
one or two dishes of dried fish, boiled dried daikon radish strips, deepfried
tofu with kelp, fried burdock roots, boiled beans and other dishes
that remain familiar to the Japanese today. These dishes were cooked at
home or available at local shops in Japan.
For Lunch, artisans often had buckwheat Soba noodles, sushi, tempura, or
unagi (charcoal-broiled eel) purchased from food stalls, while their wives
and children ate cold rice left over from breakfast with some side.
Dinner usually was the cold leftover rice with hot green tea, and some
pickled vegetables or pickled plums, konnyaku, yams ,boiled burdock root,
marinated fish water clams and broiled striped mullet.
The language they spoke
Well since the Tokugawa Shogunate Empire was in Japan most
people spoke Japanese as their primary language however some
spoke Dutch.
The beliefs of the Tokugawa Shogunate
During the beginning of the Tokugawa Period, There were an estimated 300,000
Christians in Japan; However Shogunate’s was not happy with that and not only was
Christianity forced underground but it was a complete ban in Japan. The main believe of
the Tokugawa was Confucianism, a conservative religion with a strong believe in loyalty
and duty. However Buddhism and Shinto were both important in Tokugawa Japan.
Sports and activities
Things like Martial arts were very popular during the edo period especially Jujutsu,
which is a Japanese martial art and a method of close combat for defeating an armed and
armored opponent in which one uses no weapon or only a short weapon. Kyūdō was also
popular which is also a martial art. The Japanese also participated in Sumo (相撲, sumō , sumō),
which is a competitive full-contact wrestling sport. Also during the Edo period Art
forms like kabuki and ukiyo-e became very popular especially among the
townspeople.
Trade
Tokugawa shogunate forbid trade with western nations and prevented Japanese
merchants from trading abroad. Because of the Act of seclusion in 1636 Japan was cut off
from western nations. Japan was almost completely isolated in 1639 and had very
limited trade relations with China and the Netherlands in the port of Nagasaki. In
addition, all foreign books were banned.
The services Tokugawa provided.
Tokugawa limited any individual daimyo from acquiring too much land or power.
Tokugawa also increased their land’s productivity by making peasants farm on more land
and increase the intensity they worked on it. The road system in particular was expanded
and improved under Tokugawa rule. By: Morgann Oldham
Empire had a certain belief system. They played certain games and sports.
The people of Tokugawa Shogunate ate certain foods that are still
available today. And they were provided services and had a trade system
different than others.
The General Diet of the people of Tokugawa Shogunate.
For Breakfast common people normally ate things like, rice, soup, pickles
one or two dishes of dried fish, boiled dried daikon radish strips, deepfried
tofu with kelp, fried burdock roots, boiled beans and other dishes
that remain familiar to the Japanese today. These dishes were cooked at
home or available at local shops in Japan.
For Lunch, artisans often had buckwheat Soba noodles, sushi, tempura, or
unagi (charcoal-broiled eel) purchased from food stalls, while their wives
and children ate cold rice left over from breakfast with some side.
Dinner usually was the cold leftover rice with hot green tea, and some
pickled vegetables or pickled plums, konnyaku, yams ,boiled burdock root,
marinated fish water clams and broiled striped mullet.
The language they spoke
Well since the Tokugawa Shogunate Empire was in Japan most
people spoke Japanese as their primary language however some
spoke Dutch.
The beliefs of the Tokugawa Shogunate
During the beginning of the Tokugawa Period, There were an estimated 300,000
Christians in Japan; However Shogunate’s was not happy with that and not only was
Christianity forced underground but it was a complete ban in Japan. The main believe of
the Tokugawa was Confucianism, a conservative religion with a strong believe in loyalty
and duty. However Buddhism and Shinto were both important in Tokugawa Japan.
Sports and activities
Things like Martial arts were very popular during the edo period especially Jujutsu,
which is a Japanese martial art and a method of close combat for defeating an armed and
armored opponent in which one uses no weapon or only a short weapon. Kyūdō was also
popular which is also a martial art. The Japanese also participated in Sumo (相撲, sumō , sumō),
which is a competitive full-contact wrestling sport. Also during the Edo period Art
forms like kabuki and ukiyo-e became very popular especially among the
townspeople.
Trade
Tokugawa shogunate forbid trade with western nations and prevented Japanese
merchants from trading abroad. Because of the Act of seclusion in 1636 Japan was cut off
from western nations. Japan was almost completely isolated in 1639 and had very
limited trade relations with China and the Netherlands in the port of Nagasaki. In
addition, all foreign books were banned.
The services Tokugawa provided.
Tokugawa limited any individual daimyo from acquiring too much land or power.
Tokugawa also increased their land’s productivity by making peasants farm on more land
and increase the intensity they worked on it. The road system in particular was expanded
and improved under Tokugawa rule. By: Morgann Oldham