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One of the chief elements of Tokugawa sumptuary regulations was a ban on commoners wearing [[silk]] garments, with the exception of ''[[tsumugi]]'', a lower-quality silk pongee cloth. Townspeople generally skirted these regulations, however, covering up their silks under rougher garments in public, and/or wearing more lavish garments only in private. Many garments were also made of lesser materials, but with lavish inner linings. The [[Keian Proclamation]] of [[1649]], a major sumptuary edict, enjoined commoners to practice frugality and avoid a "commercial mind," and banned, or at least strongly suggested against, peasants drinking [[tea]] or [[sake|saké]], or wearing anything but [[cotton]]. Peasants were to make their own household tools, and were to eat barley or other grains, and not rice.

One of the chief elements of Tokugawa sumptuary regulations was a ban on commoners wearing [[silk]] garments, with the exception of ''[[tsumugi]]'', a lower-quality silk pongee cloth. Townspeople generally skirted these regulations, however, covering up their silks under rougher garments in public, and/or wearing more lavish garments only in private. Many garments were also made of lesser materials, but with lavish inner linings. The [[Keian Proclamation]] of [[1649]], a major sumptuary edict, enjoined commoners to practice frugality and avoid a "commercial mind," and banned, or at least strongly suggested against, peasants drinking [[tea]] or [[sake|saké]], or wearing anything but [[cotton]]. Peasants were to make their own household tools, and were to eat barley or other grains, and not rice.