Japan: Feudalism and Tokugawa

Japan Feudalism and Tokugawa

Rise of Feudalism
Land became consolidated into Shoens - controlled by a few powerful families

Decentralization of government - emperor becomes figurehead
Military leaders (Shoguns) hold real power
Samurai emerged
Bushido code
Rise of Feudalism

Power shifted into the hands of those in charge of the shoens —the daimyo
Daimyo fight for dominance. independence
Control local justice, taxes
Rise of Feudalism

FRANCE H.R. EMPIRE

Economic Development
Tax burden on the peasants
Trade
Economic advancements
Merchants considered lowest class

Europeans Reach Japan
Portuguese traders arrived in 1543
As the Portuguese began to trade regularly, Jesuit priests also arrived to spread Christianity in 1549

Daimyo of Edo; proclaimed shogun in 1603
Installed his son as shogun in order to strengthen Tokugawa control and eliminate problems of succession
Political unity
Tokugawa Ieyasu

The Tokugawa Shogunate
1603 – 1869
Relied on the feudal system
Appointed daimyo leaders to help administer governmental duties
Emphasized maintaining order and control
Maintained both a public and secret police

Social Class During the Tokugawa Shogunate Warrior-administrators Peasants Craftsmen Merchants

The Samurai During the Tokugawa Shogunate
Samurai began to follow the bushido code
In charge of Japan’s military
Gradually shifted to governmental and administrative roles

Christianity and the Tokugawa
Catholic missionaries attempted to convert the elites, but had little success
More success in the countryside
Shimabara Rebellion
Persecution of Japanese Christians, expulsion of missionaries

The Closing of Japan
Shimabara Rebellion heightened fear of foreign influences
Tokugawa “closed” Japan beginning in 1649
Allowed limited contact with the Dutch, Chinese, Koreans
Trade significantly limited and controlled
Some daimyos ignored the closing

Less need for warriors
The samurai slowly lost power, status
The warrior ethic seemed to lose its relevance
Decline of the Samurai

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Japan: Feudalism and Tokugawa

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