EmilyGarcia_Tokugawa_Project

Travel in the Tokugawa Period
During the Travel in Tokugawa period, the Tokugawa government requiered daimyo to travel from their domains to Edo. daimyo moved every other year, they paid tribute to the shogun. This tactic helped keep the peace and control in the daimyo's wealth and power. Daimyo's, attendants, samuri who traveled with the shogun were requiered to leave their families in the domain. The traveling back and forth to Edo, with large retine of the samuri, attendants diminished the daimyo's wealth.Continual movement of the daimyo and their attendants, to Edo required a network of highways and waterways that linked the main cities. The main cities that were linked were Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka. The smaller cities and town along the way were linked as well. Tokugawa government had five major highways.

**Yoshida on the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Yoshida)**


The [|Tokaido Road], was linked to the ancient capital, [|Kyoto], with the new capital [|Edo]. As the Daimyo would travel they would stop to to rest at teahouses, resturants, and Inns that were catered to the travelers.

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 * This Image shows the woodblock prints that the traverlers took for information and souvenirs to Edo**.

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Travelers from domains brought information, souvenirs, and regional artwork to Edo. [|Daimyo] also spread information souvenirs, and art of Edo on their journey to the provinces. By the middle of the Tokugawa period, common people traveled the network of the roads that liked the cities and countrysides. The Demand for skilled builders, craftspeople, and courtesans to prove their service to the Daimyo and their attendants in Edo, People moved along the system of the roads, from the countryside to the capital. Common people traveled along the major roads to visit the shrines and places and important religious places in Japan. The increasing of travel throughout the Edo period is the creation of a more linked and integrated culture and society. People that were formerly isolated in the villages and in small towns had a chance to travel and interact with the travelers people across Japan began to feel their association with other Japanese and they started to recognize the commonalities of the culture.


 * This image is the woodblock print with information that they brought back to Edo.**