Warlords continued to gain power‚ with Japan divided into 300 little kingdoms ruled by daimyos (warlord rulers). In 1573‚ Nobunaga overthrew the last Ashikaga shogun and unified most of Honshu (the largest and central island of Japan) by the 1580s. After Nobunaga was killed‚ Toyotomi Hideyoshi‚ Nobunaga’s general‚ rose to power. He continued Nobunaga’s campaign and created a system of alliances with the daimyos so he could crush any other resisting opposition. Hideyoshi was the military master of
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defeated his major rivals and established Tokugawa government. His headquarter was established in village of Edo away from the imperial families in Kyoto. Ieyasu and successors choose to rule as shoguns‚ or feudal lords‚ demanding loyalty from the daimyo and exercising direct control only over their own territorial domains. The people saw the emperor as divine descent of sun goddess Amatersau‚ however‚ established the emperor as the ultimate source of political authority and surrounded the imperial
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his power grab‚ Tokugawa effectively joined the three main islands of Japan. Japan entered a period of prolonged peace in which many changes could occur. Tokugawa established a government centered in Edo (modern day Tokyo) called a bakufu in which daimyo (lords or barons in the European system) controlled regional lands and in turned served the shogun. The Tokugawa political system was very complex in its operation. It was similar in many aspects to the European feudal system but it was very
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subservience of the Daimyao. This system opened up a lot of commerce in both the traveling route and in Edo. It was an effective use of political control because it created a “hostage” situation with the families of the Daimyaos ensuring loyalty. | Fudai Daimyo | A class of daimyaos who were vassels of Tokugawa Ieyasu. They were the most loyal and trusted of the Daimyao. | They were placed strategically around Edo as they were the most loyal and held most rapport in the shoguns council | Baku-han System
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standard of living and the voracious appetites of the aristocrats for new products. The daimyos need for income also contributed as many of them began to promote the sale of local goods from their domains. Most of the commercial expansion took place in the major cities and the caste towns‚ where the merchants and artisans lived along with the samurai‚ who were cluttered in neighborhoods surrounding the daimyos castle. Baking flourished and paper money became the normal medium exchange in commercial
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Famous samurai In 1408 shôgun Yoshimitsu died and was won by Yoshimochi (1385-1428). Some years after he came to power‚ Yoshimochi decided to replace the head of the Yamana with one of his favourites‚ a Akamatsu Mochisada‚ said to be the shôgun’s lover. Learning of the plan‚ Mitsusuke departed Kyôto in 1427 and himself in Mimasaka. Yoshimochi said the act bad and called for his lieutenants to prepare for battle.Yoshimochi’s managed to talk the shôgun out of the business‚ making an embarrassing
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Eric Godfrey 3/20/13 Honorable Women Tokugawa era Japan was a very different period than those before it‚ instead of proving loyalty and honor on the battlefield it was drawn from more diplomatic situations. The Tokugawa period brought with it an era of lasting peace for nearly 250 years‚ and with it came different ways in which to occupy ones self. Many things in society changed including‚ the warring ways of the samurai where honor was drawn from the strength and skill turned into peaceful
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1) : LITERARY MOVEMENT: * Realism- the situation in the story was once happened in the history of Japan‚ not by putting to death the aged people but abandoning them. It views the once history of a certain country and the simplicity of life. The story also contains lesson and the language used was simple and comprehensive. 2) “A mother’s love is something that no one can explain. It is made of deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain‚ it is endless and unselfish”. The story of the aged mother
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#34—Crash Course World History Video Notes Samurai‚ Daimyo‚ Matthew Perry‚ and Nationalism 1. So‚ if you’re into European history‚ you’re probably somewhat familiar with nationalism and the names and countries associated with it. ____________ in Germany‚ Mazzini and Garibaldi in __________‚ and Mustafa Kemal (aka Ataturk) in Turkey. 2. But nationalism was a __________ phenomenon‚ and it included a lot of people you may not associate with it‚ like Muhammad Ali in __________. 3. Nationalism was
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relates to Tokugawa because he also destroyed the castles of daimyos (The nobles of Japan). Tokugawa had many restrictions for the daimyos. The reason he had restrained them from their property is so they don’t rebel against the shogun‚ which is Tokugawa. He also restricted who the daimyos should marry and what they should wear. Both Tokugawa and Louis XIV are very similar in decreasing the power of the nobles. They both had the nobles/daimyos live with the king/shogun‚ and
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