This secondary source is written in 2011 by an unknown person. It is a very useful source as it describes the role of men and women during the shogunate period. This source would be very useful to historians investigating the relationship between the husbands and wives during the Tokugawa period as it specifically describes the women’s rights and the treatment among men.
This source describes the women’s rights during the Tokugawa period. The women had a lower status and had less rights than men for example women were not able to own property. Many rules were unfair and bias, these include rules such as: husband’s were allowed to kill their wives if they were lazy or bad in the circumstances of household chores or how she presented herself as a faithful wife and obedient mother. This shows how violent husbands were allowed to be towards their wives yet the wives; if they were lazy they would be killed.
The women’s marriage was arranged and she had no say into whom she would be wedded to. If they refused to marry their appointed husband, they were sent to death. Women, even though they were made to marry the husband their parents chose for them, they would still have to endure brutality and sufferings, they would have to serve their husband with great respect and whether they like it or not, they had to obey their husband. Women were not allowed to have an education except for the wives of samurai and peasants, they were allowed to have an education (able to read and write) but they were not allowed to use it to teach others about what they have learnt in the government. This is in contrast to men who had a right to learn and were given permission to teach in the government. The men in Japan had many more rights than women and were treated significantly better. The women were the men’s 'servants’ as they were forced to do whatever the husband wanted them to do. This would be useful to historians investigating the relationship between husbands and wives, as it would show how the men treated their wives and the rules they had. It showed the way they would govern the families.
The secondary source above would be a very useful source as it provided information on the relationship between husbands and wives during the Tokugawa period. The wives were treated very unfairly compared to the men and regardless of the women’s social status they were all treated as the husbands ‘slaves’.
This source describes the women’s rights during the Tokugawa period. The women had a lower status and had less rights than men for example women were not able to own property. Many rules were unfair and bias, these include rules such as: husband’s were allowed to kill their wives if they were lazy or bad in the circumstances of household chores or how she presented herself as a faithful wife and obedient mother. This shows how violent husbands were allowed to be towards their wives yet the wives; if they were lazy they would be killed.
The women’s marriage was arranged and she had no say into whom she would be wedded to. If they refused to marry their appointed husband, they were sent to death. Women, even though they were made to marry the husband their parents chose for them, they would still have to endure brutality and sufferings, they would have to serve their husband with great respect and whether they like it or not, they had to obey their husband. Women were not allowed to have an education except for the wives of samurai and peasants, they were allowed to have an education (able to read and write) but they were not allowed to use it to teach others about what they have learnt in the government. This is in contrast to men who had a right to learn and were given permission to teach in the government. The men in Japan had many more rights than women and were treated significantly better. The women were the men’s 'servants’ as they were forced to do whatever the husband wanted them to do. This would be useful to historians investigating the relationship between husbands and wives, as it would show how the men treated their wives and the rules they had. It showed the way they would govern the families.
The secondary source above would be a very useful source as it provided information on the relationship between husbands and wives during the Tokugawa period. The wives were treated very unfairly compared to the men and regardless of the women’s social status they were all treated as the husbands ‘slaves’.