culture+of+towns+people

The tokugawa period was from 1603 to 1868 during this time there was a form of art that was very popular and was very inexpensive. The form of art was called woodblock prints.They were very demanded by the merchants and the townspeople. Everyone bought these forms of art but mostley the peasants. Stories were told on the prints makingeach of them very unique. This is a woodbock print of the Tokugawa period where cargo was inported from different country's. This didn't happen very often it was a special time for.It looks like the early morning so all the cargo is coming in early so the samurai don't have to wait or anyone else participating in this event. The sun is setting and the street it full. All the townspeople are going into a hotel or perhaps a store. There are a group of merchants trying to get the townspeople to come into there teahouse, and by the look of it it's working because they seem to have everyones attention. This is a thing for the townspeople they go threw this time and go to teahouses to relax.

it is a early morning and there are already ships coming in. The townspeople know because they are going on the bridge to a perticular builing there are even samurai.All the merchants are preparing for everyones arival. It seems like they are going to worship.There are far builings in the back that is the emporers house. A geisha is at a temple on a normal day. A geisha is a woman that is dressed really eleigant and would sing and complement men.All the geisha were in this one area at the same time so it seems like they were going to worship. The geisha are trying to bring in people by dancing to get townspeoples attention. There's a merchant going to the sea so he is probley going the ships to help them unload.

There is a farmer harvesting rice.Farmers were inportant in this time because food was scaris. They had to harvest at the right time of the year.