3 Flashcards
Rangaku
Western learning
(Dutch learning)
-Dutch were basically the only Western entities in Japan at this time (early to mid 1600s)
-Defined as - “a random accumulation of certain quasi-scientific and technological information acquired from western Europe through restricted contact with the Dutch or indirectly through the Chinese trade in Nagasaki”
Center of Western learning
Nagasaki
forms of western learning brought to Japan during early-mid 1600s
science and astronomy
Fumi-e
-small christian emblems used to test a Japanese person’s faith
-Japanese christians were ordered to step on the emblems and if they did not do so, then they were clearly christian
Sakin Kotai
system of alternate attendance
-every other year, daimyo needed to travel to the capital (Edo) with trusted officials and employees
-was expensive, took a long time, was elaborate, and was more expensive the farther a daimyo was from Edo
-was used to keep daimyo in check
How Sakin Kotai exercised power
-kept daimyo financially weak
-limited a daimyo’s contact with their domain/province
-“hostage system”
“Hostage System” in terms of Sakin Kotai
-families of daimyo had to stay in the capital even when the daimyo would go back to the domain
-caused future leaders to be at a distance and not know their future domain
-if daimyo wanted to rebel, shogun could manipulate daimyo’s family
Three great metropolises during Tokugawa Period
-Edo (Tokyo)
-Kyoto
-Osaka
Urbanization and the rise of literacy (Tokugawa Period)
-forced the construction of roads all over Japan
–helped with the transfer and traveling of goods for trade
–helped with the transfer and traveling of information
Information during Tokugawa Period
-publishing industry started booming due to the increase of books and the spreading of information
-types of books: guide books, medical books
Ukiyo-e
wood block printing
-the most popular form of art during the Tokugawa period
Bunraku
-puppets
-form of theater
-some plays were used as a platform to voice social issues and change
