History question
Question: Writing about the pleasure district of Kyoto, Nicolas Fiévé suggests that the district allowed an“architectural freedom” unattainable elsewhere: In the pleasure district of Shimabara, inside the Sumiya house, far away from the conventions which regulated the lives of people in all social classes, the mixing of styles and of influences as possible. In a place that was “outside the social norms,” there was room for experimentation(“ArchitecturalFreedom,”92). Although Fiévé writes here specifically about architecture and about the Shimabara, his observation might apply to other realms of Edo-period life. Identify one or more sites that might fit Fiévé’s observation and discuss how they allowed for experimentation that fell outside“socialnorms.”
Outline: (We must follow, 2000 words, MLA format, Author, page number intext, plagiarism under5%)
- Introduction 2. The traditional socia lorder under the Tokugawa control–warrior-cultivator-artisan-merchant(Socialorderppt) 3. Inrealitywheredothosesocialorders“disappear”
a. Yoshiwara and the so called“notorious places”(Jones’reading)
b. Bathhouse(SamuraiandcommonerspptandSanba,Ukiyoburo’sreading)
c. Ryōgoku bridge and the carnival (Ryogoku and the carnival ppt and Markus’
reading) 4. Conclusion
Citations: Use ppt and the notes in it as a guide to provoke thinking, avoid cite direct quote from the notes. Use provided readings as backup for the arguments. Maximum 2 external sources can beused.Citepagenumber.
We must cite at least 4 course readings. For the outline, it was labeled which reading should bereferto. ReadingsandPPT: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XnHruvewN9JQV6uHVFhZBWE6vkeSAw_v?usp=s haring
