Death and Taxes: Debt and the Tokugawa Samurai

You play as a financially struggling samurai in the Tokugawa period. Make sure you have enough money to keep your family fed, and don't lose your pride.

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This game was made by Haley Price in 2022 for UT Austin's JapanLab. 

Special thanks to Adam Clulow for providing resources and to Cameron Friday for playtesting!

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I also made a series of tutorials on how to use Twine:

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Works Cited

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Readings:

Constantine N. Vaporis. “Samurai and Merchant in Mid-Tokugawa Japan: Tani Tannai’s Record of Daily Necessities(1748-54).” Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 60, no. 1 (June 2000): 205–27.

Images:

Anonymous. Lady in Waiting under a Willow. 1800 1790. Surimono. Rijks Museum. https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/mijn/verzamelingen/3469108--haley-s-corner/samurai-debt/objecten.

Katsushika Hokutai. Man with Umbrella by a Water Barrel. 1805 1800. Surimono. Rijks Museum. https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/mijn/verzamelingen/3469108--haley-s-corner/samurai-debt/objecten.

Katsushika Hokusai. Supplies for the Tea Ceremony. 1799. Surimono. Rijks Museum. https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/mijn/verzamelingen/3469108--haley-s-corner/samurai-debt/objecten.

Katsushika Hokusai. Poet Reads a Poem. 1797. Surimono. Rijks Museum. https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/mijn/verzamelingen/3469108--haley-s-corner/samurai-debt/objecten.

Keisai Eisen. Samurai with Sake Bowl in Hand. 1830 1825. Surimono. Rijks Museum. https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/mijn/verzamelingen/3469108--haley-s-corner/samurai-debt/objecten.

Kitao Masayoshi. Sea Animals. 1824 1775. Picture. Rijks Museum. https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/mijn/verzamelingen/3469108--haley-s-corner/samurai-debt/objecten.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Man with Long Pipe. 1835 1830. Surimono. Rijks Museum. https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/mijn/verzamelingen/3469108--haley-s-corner/samurai-debt/objecten.

Utagawa Kunisada (I). Samurai at River. 1850. Picture. Rijks Museum. https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/mijn/verzamelingen/3469108--haley-s-corner/samurai-debt/objecten.