Tokugawa rulers make trade erupt in the cities of Edo, Kyōto,and Ōsaka. Banking became very popular and money became the normal exchange in business transactions. Some peasants benefited from the demand for cash crops but unfortunately most endured declining profits and rising taxes. Almost 7,000 peasants revolted because of this! As usual the emperor was at the top of the social classes. Next came the worries, then farmers & merchants. Hopefully you weren't an eta, the lowest claws who even had clothing and hairstyle laws. Women were very restricted and only valued for childbearing and being homemakers. Most literature was happy and intended to please, while poetry was more serious. The entertainment world was changing and theatre became very popular. So popular the men dressed as women on stage, due to the restrictions of women.