Hernandez_tokugagwa_project

=Changes in communication during the Tokugawa period= ====//Tokugawa was official in 1603 as the pre-eminent political family in Japan. In which the Tokugawa ruled over Japan from 1603 to 1868, this period in history is known at the Great Peace. A place callaed Edo in Japan was the Tokugawa family traditional domain. The shogun, otherwise known as the Tokugawa ruler established the capital in Edo. Today that capital is Tokyo where it still holds the traditonal domains. For the first time, artists were inspired by and responded to the interests and preferences of the general public.That caused them to communicate through art. The art represented a special time that came of intrest to the middle class residents around Japan. Military and political power changed the ideas and opportunites that have a major impact on Japan and it's culture during this Tokugawa period. Today this prints are very vaulable and mainly sought out by collectors who will buy them.//====

====//Most famous Japanese prints were produced from the 1600's to the late 1800's.These prints portray scenes from everyday life. The picture takews place in the capital of Japan which is Tokyo, aslo known as Edo. offten at times middle class families were the buyers of these Japanese prints because they were inexpensive. The changes in the art focused on things that they thought were enjoyable activities in landscape settings during that time.//==== =Kameido Tenjin Shrine=

//The Kamedido Tenjin Shrine was a famous place in Edo for people to come together such as in this woodblock print of gheshas.//
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//The Kamedido Tenjin Shrine is a palce where many// //people visit.//
=Hiratsuka= ====//In this print it shows a few travlers and low cross highway by the ocean where the travlers use to transport goods. It was also a way of communication to take place with this zig-zag road around the mountians.//==== =Shinobazu Pond= ======== ====//This picture shows a group of peole passing by the Shinobazu pond. According to some Japanese stories this is where many young men and women came. It was a habit to come here and meet secretly. During this time the pond was only accesible by boat, later there was a bridge addes to make it possible to walk across.//====