RHernandez_Tokugagwa_project

=__**The Rise of the Merchants**__= The merchant rose during the tokugawa period because wood block paintings became popular.The wood blocks were inexpensive but very pretty, people will buy the for decoration or for trading. wood block paintings were made by four people the artist, the carver, the publisher, and the finalist who finalized the picture and who made sure the wood block was in good shape. The merchants were not the only ones to rise, the samuries rose too but soon went to the bottom, because they were not needed for battles anymore. The merchant succeded for a long time but soon there glory ended, merchant still got to sell and trade because there is unlimited things you can draw and paint on a wood block, therefore the merchants colapsed and droped a liitle in japan.



[] Boats were the only transportation they had for traveling. Merchants will travel back and forward to different places to sell and trade with people. In this picture you can see someone going up the river, and following other boats.

[] People working hard to feed there families were easy to find in japanbecause they needed food and money. Kids help there fathers and mothers in the working field by picking rice or wheat. Merchants or random people will go to these places and will offer things like food or other material to sell or trade for rice or weat.In this picture it shows some workers in the field working and gathering food.

[] Merchants will travel briges to get to other side of town or cities to sell or to get to trade routes. The merchants sometimes took boats for a faster anf longer travel and just to safe some time. In this picture people are travelling the bridge to get to th ether side, boat are going under the bridge to get to the shore and probably pick up the people.

[] The merchants are climing the hill to get to the town on the top of the hill to sell paintings or to trade them for food. Merchants will go to random towns and kingdoms and will sell material or spices to the towns people. In this picture the people, merchants and towns people are going back to town, in the background you can see Mount fuji.

[] These worker are working hard to get some fish or shrimp for there familie. These people will work all day and will go home to eat with there family. Merchants and workers had a beautiful sight at mount fuji.

[] This look like a festival or something that people will go to see beautiful things and for the food. Merchants will go to these locations because there is lots of people they can sell thing to. This is where you wiil usually find lots of merchants due to the amount of people there. Merchants will choose this place over anything else, Usually the people go there to sell or trade thing with merchants.