Born Then1603–1780
Life during the Tokugawa peace
Be born in a place it hit, a few years before it began, and see what it did to five ordinary lives.
What it meant for ordinary people
After Tokugawa Ieyasu won at Sekigahara in 1600, Japan had over two centuries without major war. Farmland and population grew, Edo became one of the largest cities in the world, and temple schools spread reading. Every household was registered at a Buddhist temple.
How hard it hits each person in the game (risk of death, of being conscripted, of leaving) comes from our model, estimated from the sources.
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