Given the premise, is the hypothesis maintaining a neutral stance? Premise: Ever since the Tokugawa shoguns restricted performances to the samurai classes, noh drama has had a rather elitist appeal. Hypothesis: The elitist appeal of noh drama dates back to the Tokugawa shogunate.
Ever since the Tokugawa shoguns restricted performances to the samurai classes, noh drama has had a rather elitist appeal.###The elitist appeal of noh drama dates back to the Tokugawa shogunate.