HIST 236 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Kabuki, Family Affairs, Abe Tadaaki
11 Nov 2017
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Stabilization of prices and better guarantee of supply/quality of goods. 8th shogun yoshimune: restoring caste distinctions and regulating commercial. Daimyo granting bushi privileges to merchants in exchange for loans. Ban on commoners" unauthorized wearing of swords and use of family names. Prevent money lends from using bakufu courts to recover loans. Rights over luxury goods and products in bakufu-controlled territories. Land and tax-exempt privileges to upper-level commoner schools. Control over the activities of some merchants. Bakufu indifference to commoner education, not interested in the content of the education. High literacy rate due to commoners wanting education. Publishing industry = gauge for literacy rate. Number of publishers before 1700: kyoto (701), osaka (185), edi (242) Learned groups: court aristocracy/bushi elite, buddhist/shinto clergy, Merchants of yoshimune"s time desire higher education for children. 1726: yoshi grants formal charter to kaitokudo merchant academy. Expects academy to provide appropriate education to osaka merchants.
