The Bunsei Reforms were one of a number of significant but ultimately ineffective efforts by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] to reform society. Implemented in [[1827]], they included exhortations to peasants to return to agricultural efforts, and to avoid the distractions of urban entertainments. Peasant engagement in extraneous cultural pursuits such as painting, flower arrangement, or attending plays was nominally prohibited, and law enforcement was increased in the countryside. | The Bunsei Reforms were one of a number of significant but ultimately ineffective efforts by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] to reform society. Implemented in [[1827]], they included exhortations to peasants to return to agricultural efforts, and to avoid the distractions of urban entertainments. Peasant engagement in extraneous cultural pursuits such as painting, flower arrangement, or attending plays was nominally prohibited, and law enforcement was increased in the countryside. |