Everything about Ch Nin totally explained
was a social class that emerged in Japan during the early years of the
Tokugawa period. The majority of chōnin were merchants, but it also included craftsmen.
Nōmin (farmers) were not included.
Compare "
bourgeoisie"
Origins
By the late 17th century the prosperity and growth of
Edo were producing unforeseen changes in the Tokugawa social order. The chōnin who were theoretically at the bottom of the Edo hierarchy (
shinōkōshō, samurai-farmers-craftsmen-merchants, chōnin refers to the latter two), flourished socially and economically at the expense of the
daimyo and
samurai, who were eager to trade
rice (the principal source of domainal income) for cash and consumer goods. Mass-market innovations further challenged social hierarchies. For example, vast Edo department stores had cash-only policies, which favored the chōnin with their ready cash supply.
Significance
About a half of the population of
Edo were chōnin, and the other were
samurai. When compared with popular
samurai or
ninja, chōnin is relatively not yet well-introduced to the outside of Japan, however, it formed important elements of Japanese culture.
Ukiyoe,
rakugo, and handcrafts are all tied to chōnin rather than samurai. Aesthetic ideals such as
iki,
tsū,
inase etc. were also developed among chōnin.
Further Information
Get more info on 'Ch Nin'.
|
External Link Exchanges
Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:
<a href="http://ch__nin.totallyexplained.com">Chōnin Totally Explained</a>
Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned. |
