However, the Iemoto system as we know it today was established during the mid-Edo period when there was an explosive rise in the civilized population as a result of the rise of the wealthy merchant class. |
しかし今日イメージされるような家元制度は富裕町人層によって文化人口が爆発的に増えた江戸時代中期以降のものである。 |