Efthimiades March 6‚ 2009 Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan’s History The Tokugawa shogunate‚ also known as the Tokugawa bakufu‚ and the Edo bakufu was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family. This period is known as the Edo period and gets its name from the capital city of Edo‚ now Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868‚ when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration. Before the Tokugawa period there were
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Tokugawa Shogunate: Strengths and Weaknesses Robert H. Webb History 483 Professor John H. Sagers 6 August 2010 The death of emperor Hideyoshi and subsequent ascension to the throne of Hideyori in 1598 set into motion events that would alter the political landscape in Japan for the next two hundred and fifty years. Tokugawa Ieyasu‚ in his quest to become absolute ruler of Japan defeated Hideyori loyalists in the battle of Sekigahara and was appointed Shogun by Hideyori in 1603. This military
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The Tokugawa Shogunate came into power in 1603 when Tokugawa Ieyasu‚ after winning the great battle of Sekigahara‚ was able to claim the much sought after position of Shogun. They continued to rule Japan for the next 250 years. There was a combination of factors that led to the demise of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The advantages that the rule of the Tokugawa bought to Japan‚ such as extended periods of peace and therefore the growth of trade and commerce was also the catalyst that bought this ruling
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Japan : The Fall of the Shogunate Reshma Menon Japan has a very rich and a unique history‚ making it stand out among the rest of the civilization. While they became more refined‚ Japan still hold to its military roots‚ which can be seen from the formation of the Shogunate.The Shogun is the military commander and has way more power than the Emperor‚ who became just a figurehead.This paper 1 postulates the demise of the Shogun bakufu was brought about three distinct factors
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Midterm Question1 Tokugawa Ieyasu was a great samurai fighter and cunning politician. In battle of Sekigahara Tokugawa 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
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INTRODUCTION The Tokugawa period was in between 1603 – 1868. The time of peace and order in feudal japan was c.1400-1860. The subjects I will talking about are artisans‚ rōnin‚ merchants and daimyo. ARTISANS During the Middle Ages‚ the word artisan was applied to those who made stuff or provided tasks other people could not do. It did not apply to unskilled manual labourers. Artisans were divided into 2 very distinct groups: those who operated their very own businesses and those who did not
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Tokugawa Japan The Tokugawa Shogunate ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meji Restoration (1603 – 1868). During the Tokugawa period‚ Japan was governed by a feudal system to create a stable state known as the Bakufu. The Shogun was the military ruler of Japan and governed over ¼ of Japan. The Daimyo‚ feudal landlords‚ controlled various parts of Japan and to impede their increasing power‚ various restrictions were placed among them such as where they lived and how they dress. The Daimyo were
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actual work‚ offered goods that could not be acquired through any other means. The early Tokugawa period‚ in spite of it’s late counterpart‚ was characterized by economical growth which leaded to an economical surplus. This economical surplus was transformed in money and with it were brought non-food items. Bob Tadashi Wakayashi said that exactly this fact was the problem of the late Tokugawa period. There was a limit for the consumption of rice because the people would consume exactly
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The Tokugawa Era of Japan Japan before the Tokugawa Era was a nation of warring states. The Tokugawa shoguns changed social class structures‚ agriculture‚ and manufacturing in the country by consolidating trends which had been in the making for some time (East Asia‚ p. 279) and brought Japan into a unified and productive state which lasted from about 1603 until 1800. Urbanization‚ economic growth‚ and social changes were natural and predictable outcomes of the shogunate philosophy.
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The long period of peace under the Tokugawa shogunate made a dramatic rise in commerce and manufacturing‚ especially‚ especially in the growing cities. By the mid-eighteenth-century‚ edo was one of the largest cities in the world. The growth of trade and industry was stimulated by a rising 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
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