The Influence Of The Edo Period In Japan

Edo Period, also known as Tokugawa ruled Japan from March 1603 to May 1868. This period was also called the Edo period because the capital Tokugawa was placed in Edo, now Tokyo. This period corresponds to the Tokugawa shogunate government. Tokugawa Ieyasu started the dynastic when he accepted the title of shogun granted by the emperor in 1603. The Edo period brought to Japan 250 years of stability. Most daimyo had sworn loyalty to Ieyasu Tokugawa, they also give out their properties, comprising a quarter of the farmland of Japan, and because of this he was considered the supreme daimyo. The lands of the daimyo were all dependent on the Tokugawa, who could and did taking them off as punishment. The Tokugawa authority was established by forcing them to leave their wives and their families as
Individuals have no legal rights in Japan. The family was the smallest legal entity, was very important to maintain the status and privileges of the family at all levels of society.
During the Edo Period construction of cruise ships was banned. Christianity and Catholicism were persecuted, they were considered extremely destabilizing. In these period weights, measures and coins were also unified, road networks were improved and detailed legal codes were established. These codes include standards of conduct, marriages, clothing, weapons, and even how many troop that daimyo could own.
Economic development during the Tokugawa period included urbanization, and construction; and also the development of banks and the growth of trade. During the Mid-seventeenth century, Edo became the most important center to provide food and consumer goods, while Osaka and Kyoto became important centers of trade and handicraft production. Rice was the base of the economy as the daimyo collected the taxes of farmers in