JAPN 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Hokusai, Hishikawa Moronobu, Utamaro
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Japn 2150 - lecture 16 - edo culture. Establishing a rigid class system; a person born in one class could not move to another. Eta (outcasts): considered ritually impure under the shinto religion and thus discriminated. Often worked in death-related occupations, such as butchers and tanners. Hinin (criminals): ranked under eta, they were considered the lowest, but could sometimes return to their original class. Samurai became ronin when they lose their lords. The domain (han) was confiscated by the shogun. *tokugawa constantly accused daimyo of plots, and then would confiscate daimyo"s territories. They had no income and couldn"t change their status. Before the rise of tokugawa bakufu, there were many ninja schools in japan independent from other authorities. Hired by many daimyo during the warring states period (1467-1573) Tokugawa ieyasu organized all ninja throughout japan under his bakufu. They gathered information about daimyo, especially any evidence of their disloyalty to the shogun. Surveillance was the key to rule people.
