Tokugawa's Stability And Unity In Japan

Tokugawa focus for Japan was stability and unity .in 1605, he had his son take over as he retired from his reign; Tokugawa Shogunate sought a centralized political system, strongly dependent on rice for transactions, a rise in the merchant class, strict control of trade with other nations, tried to limit influence and power of merchants. They controlled Japan three main cities Kyoto, do and Osaka. Ieyasu unified Japan after hundreds of years of war and strife during which rival lords or daimyo fought for power. They were aware of the Spanish in the Philippines to the south so they were trying to end it in Japan, from 1612-1614 they were afraid that Christianity could bring more foreign in Japan, they began enforcing laws and expelling European