tokugawa japan and pop culture

alternate attendance

-Daimyo required to travel back and forth between their residency and Edo

-Significance: Strengthened shogun control and boosted urban culture.

bunraku and kabuki

-puppet theater and lively stage theatre

-Significance: Core entertainment forms of Edo Japan.

giri vs ninjō

-duty vs human emotion

-Significance: conflict reflected in Edo literature and theater.

early modernity

-pre-modern economic + cultural growth

-Significance: Set stage for Japan’s later modernization.

“industrious revolution”

-more household labor = more consumption

-Significance: Increased market economy and demand for goods.

metatheatricality and presentational theater

-theatre that acknowledges that its theatre

-Significance: Created playful, layered performances in kabuki/bunraku.

the Tokugawa peace

-period of 250 years in peace and stability

-Significance: Allowed economic growth, literacy, and cultural flourishing.