Introduction

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founder of the Edo Shogunate was a yazal

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Tokugawa he was able to unify the

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country in 1603 and by 16 15 he was

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appointed as Shogun

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he is very clever in establishing a very

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strong centralized government

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he gave feats to about 450 die now or

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feudal lords and he required them to

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come to the capital every other year and

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spend a year in residence in Edo which

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was its Tokyo of today and therefore

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they didn’t have time to plot coup

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d’etats it costs a lot of money to go

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back and forth to their fief and then

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come back to the capital they were

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forced to keep very elaborate to

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residences and when they traveled they

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were travelling groups sometimes as high

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as three and four thousand so we had to

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pay for all these people going to and

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from the capital in hotels restaurants

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and tea houses he also insisted that

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they leave their wives and families in

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the capital of aro virtually as hostages

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so therefore there’s no any sort of wish

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to rebel against the Edo Shogunate

Gold Leaf Screens

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in the homes of the Shogun’s and they

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had feudal lords they often had

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beautiful wall murals along the walls as

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well as folding screens which would

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partition off the various rooms often

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the screens were very beautifully done

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with gold leaf and this helped when the

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Sun would shine and it would help to

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illuminate the rooms some of these gold

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leaf screens are quite spectacular we

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have several examples in the collection

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here and we the Tosa school which was

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patronized by the imperial family in

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kyoto

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or the Cannell school which was

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patronized by the Shogun and his various

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feudal lords we actually have one screen

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which comes from Nijo castle Nijo castle

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was used by the Shogun when he went to

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visit the emperor in kyoto this

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particular screen was done by a very

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famous artist named san roque o’connell

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eventually the screen was sold in the

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early 20th century to the American

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architect Frank Lloyd Wright and

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eventually found its way to our gallery

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in the 1990s it is spectacular and has

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been recently repaired by the Cultural

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Institute in Tokyo

Peloquin

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during the edo period there’s a

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prohibition on using vehicles with

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wheels

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you couldn’t have horse cars you could

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have occasionally have ox carts but the

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main modes of transportation were either

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by foot horseback or by the sedan chair

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or palanquin we have a very nice

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Peloquin here which would have been used

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by the Shogun family it has the Shogun

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crest the Tokugawa crest on it it

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probably would have been used by a

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princess when she was getting married

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because there are two crests on it now

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this would probably be carried by

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anywhere from four to six men and they

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would carry the person inside and

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there’s quite comfortable and the

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latches at the front and the science do

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close so you can have privacy it’s a

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very beautifully made it’s of wood and

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it is covered with lacquer

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you

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