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Chōnin

Index Chōnin

was a social class that emerged in Japan during the early years of the Tokugawa period. [1]

11 relations: Daimyō, Edo, Edo period, Farmer, Four occupations, Iki (aesthetics), Middle class, Rakugo, Rice, Samurai, Ukiyo-e.

Daimyō

The were powerful Japanese feudal lords who, until their decline in the early Meiji period, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings.

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Edo

, also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.

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Edo period

The or is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyō.

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Farmer

A farmer (also called an agriculturer) is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials.

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Four occupations

The four occupations or "four categories of the people"Hansson, pp.

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Iki (aesthetics)

Iki (いき, English: roughly "chic, stylish") is a concept in aesthetics, the basis of which is thought to have formed among urbane commoners (chōnin) in Edo in the Tokugawa period.

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Middle class

The middle class is a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy.

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Rakugo

is a form of Japanese verbal entertainment.

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Rice

Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima (African rice).

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Samurai

were the military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan.

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Ukiyo-e

Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries.

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Chonin, Japanese merchant class, 町人.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chōnin

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