In Tayama’s “Time Passes on”, which I quote a lot in this essay, some characters lament the incomprehensible changes and how hard life has become. It must have been a terribly difficult and confusing time to live through.
But it did indeed also create opportunities and boundless innovation, especially to the silk industry which paid for Japan’s massive transformation.
In Tayama’s “Time Passes on”, which I quote a lot in this essay, some characters lament the incomprehensible changes and how hard life has become. It must have been a terribly difficult and confusing time to live through.
But it did indeed also create opportunities and boundless innovation, especially to the silk industry which paid for Japan’s massive transformation.
That first photo with the samurai really sets the stage for this episode of the story. Makes you wonder what they were talking about.
The changes people had to make and the losses suffered from disease outbreaks brought forth some real innovation.
This was the beginning of the time when sericulture started to flourish and great wealth was created due to silk exports.