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How did the japanese express themselves culturally under the tokugawa shoguns?

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Japanese people would express themselves culturally in different ways. Below are some of them:

Step-by-step explanation:

The Tokugawa period (1603-c. 1867 or 1868), also known as the Edo period, was the last era of traditional government, culture and society in Japan, towards the modern era.

Under the Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship), there were two important aspects for the Japanese people: religion and arts.

Religion - Shinto

Shintoism was the major form of religion in this period - it was native to Japan. Peasants were strongly connected to Shinto spirits as it was a type of religion based on the elements of nature.

Arts - Courtly style

Samurai and warlord powers defined a must to be patron of the arts. The samurai armors became exquisite in detail and perfection in terms of craftmanship.

The Tea Ceremony

The Tokugawa shogunate period was the time when the Tea Ceremony became a standard.

Theater and Woodblock Prints - the two most representative art forms

  • Theater - Kabuki

Kabuki was the most popular dramatic performance in theater, along with the other two: Noh drama and bunraku (puppet theater). For Kabuki, actors would wear make-up, which expressed the charaters they were playing. Usually, they would paint red stripes on their eyes and cheeks.

Dialogues were truly stylized with dances and violent action.

They performed accompanied by music - there would be an orchestra playing instruments such as wooden clappers, drums, flutes and samisen (a banjo-type of instrument).

  • Woodblock Prints

Woodblock prints developed with book printing and publishing, by the end of the 17th-century. The main themes were sumo wrestlers, courtesants and Kabuki actors. The paintings were represented in the form of screens or scrolls. People really found Kabuki actors and courtesants really fascinating so they collected things about them, and woodblock prints were popular for this reason.

The Tokugawa dynasty of shoguns brought about two hundred fifty years of a peaceful and prosperous Japan, along with new social merchant classes - the wholesaler and the exchange broker, and the rise of the urban areas.

These changes would influence cultural trends, the Japanese would then express themselves through new styles of literature and art.

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The japanese express themselves culturally under the tokugawa shoguns through haiku and through kabuki theater and paintings. I hope my answer has come to your help. God bless and have a nice day ahead!
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