What effect did religion have on the arts during the time of the shoguns

 Christianity also played a major role in encouraging the building of new architecture, which is where we get our Gothic (with flying buttresses) and Romanesque buildings, but it also played a major role in silencing new thought such as science and supporting wars, such as the Crusades.

Explanation:

the declaration states, “we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness….”