Smith_Tokugawa_Period

=Travel in the Tokugawa Period=

In the Tokugawa Period travel was a key thing. The daimyo traveled every year back and forth. The common people traveled alot to the major highways to go and visit shrins and religious places in Japan.

Image 1:This image is of people crossing an arched bridge as if they were traveling to a diffrent place or to get some where. Image 2: The daimyo traveled by rivers. The workers carried the daimyo's luggage across and they had to carry the daimyo in cargo looking things for example like in the picture. Image 3: This image is courtiers crossing a bridge to get to a diffrent place. Image 4 :This is the Tokaido Yoshada road that people traveled on. This image is of peasents traveling on a bridge in Kyoto. Kyoto was one of the most famous cities to travel during this period of time becuase of the daimyo. People were moving from their villages to Kyoto to work for the daimyo because they were in such a high demand for skilled builders,craftspeople and courtesans. They also wanted to get away from their small villages and see other places in Japan. In this image more people are using the bridge to travel from one side to the other. Benath them people are using boats to go to where ever their location is and that was the only way to travel without really walking because they didn't have cars during this time.