Edo Period Research Paper

The Edo Period in Japan began in the year of 1603-1867. The Edo Period was famously known for its Samurai Era. With Japan’s new and improved defense, Japan has increased their population. Religion was strict during the Edo Period and was banned for a long period of time until a new religion has been found. It was practiced by many townspeople influencing the leaders and commanders to be free of religion once and for all. Japan had a strong line of defense followed with some beautiful pieces of arts and literature.

Japan had a strong line of defense. They were in need of a stronger defense in order to

stabilize foreign invasions. (Ross, 1996; Muffin, 2001) In spite of foreign invasions, they knew

they would have to build a …show more content…
With Japan’s success of having a

great defense built in, the other elites have been promoting the idea of Japan being “futsu no

kuni” or “a normal country” which would allow them to take on military obligations and

international responsibilities. Japan's stabilization from their improved defense system resulted

in more time for the uprising of literature and art.

Haiku and puppetry were famous styles of literature and entertainment. Haiku

was a Japanese poetic form consisting of seventeen syllables arranged in three lines of 5,

7, and 5 syllables. Haiku has been the most famous form of literature throughout Japan

and the world. There are still haiku poems lingering in our newspapers today, haiku

poems have took an effect worldwide. Puppetry was one of the few famous common

shows that would entertain the townspeople in Japan. (Muffin, 2001; Britannica Concise

Encyclopedia, 2015) Haiku literature has been used all around the world. People use haiku to

sometimes express their feelings using all kinds of languages. Puppetry is still common in the

world but not much of it has been seen. There are a few people who still perform this style …show more content…
Japan, after a long time, finally opened themselves to the world and started to trade

their fine pieces of arts worldwide. Some famous manuscripts books have been collected by a

German doctor. (The sun rises, 1997) Japanese arts were abstract and naturalistic, leaving a

deeper meaning to the picture and it is for this that Japanese art was famous. Their art spoke to

many people around the world wanting to learn more about them. People collect these to learn

about the subject the artists were drawing, and these paintings usually were meant to portray a

story or subject. Japanese arts are beautiful pieces of work that were collected to be seen by

many people from all other countries.

Japan had religions but were strictly used in the time of the Edo period. Japan’s religion

was strict and eventually banished for a long period of time. When the shogunate’s rule led to

peace in the country, it closed out the religion of Buddhism. Christianity was soon brought up

years after by a saint named Francis Xavier. Years after Christianity took place, it was banished

from Japan when they closed themselves off from the world. When they finally

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