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The Sakoku Edict
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Content:
- Historical Context
- What's in the Edict
- The effects of the Edict
The Effects of the Sakoku Edict:
The Edict:
Entertainment:
- Introduction of Confucianism
- Social class system
- Literature , arts, and entertainment
- Kabuki theater
- Bunraku theater
- Geishas
1. Japanese ships are strictly forbidden to leave for foreign countries.
2. No Japanese is permitted to go abroad. If there is anyone who attempts to do so secretly, he must be executed.
3. The teachings of padres (Christianity) is not allowed.
History
Social class system
Why is the Edict important?
- To stabilize the country, Tokugawa Iemitsu enforced the social class system.
- People are divided into seven classes: Shogun, Samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants, Eta (the outcasts), and Hinin (the non-human).
- Before the Sakoku Period, there is the Sengoku Period which is a time when Japan was in chaos.
- The Sakoku Edict is the close country policy created by Tokugawa Iemitsu in response to the Sengoku Period to stabilize Japan.
Literature
Basho Matsuo, a well known poet, established and promoted a new poetic form called haiku, which was composed of three lines of five, seven, and five syllables.
- started a period of peace
- traditional Japanese culture
- paved the road for Japan's modernization.
Introduction of Confucianism
The only two countries Japan trade with during the Sakoku Period are China and Netherlands.
The idea of Confucianism was introduced by Chinese merchants