Leader Analysis Sheet Name of leader: Tokugawa leyasu Lifespan: 1543-1616 Title: Shogun Country/region: Japan Years in power: 13years Political‚ social‚ and economic conditions prior to leader gaining power: The Ashikaga Shogunate ruled Japan from 1336-1573 Weak puppet emperors were placed on the throne‚ and the bushi vassals (regional warrior leaders in Japan who ruled small kingdoms and administered laws‚ collected revenues‚ built up private armies‚ etc.) were free to destroy
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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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Professor Dayna Barnes HIST 130-01 March 2‚ 2014 The differences between the state structure of Tokugawa Japan and Qing China In the 18th century‚ the Qing founded by the Manchus was a large and very powerful empire between 1644-1912. During this period‚ the Qing was strong and prosperous. And the population kept growing. In the two outstanding emperors’ rule‚ the national territory got the widest range in history. But with the increasing of population‚ the Qing was without progress
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China and Japan From 1500 to 1800‚ China and Japan tried to politically and economically established their countries in very different ways. Japan fought war after war for a century before they changed their ways. China on the other hand slowly established a government and used education as a tool to be politically and economically strong. Japan would later do the same. China was one of the most politically and economically strong countries during 1500 1800. The state was identified as
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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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even he has been dead for more than 2 years. Shingen’s brother and his subordinates also played big roles in hiding the news of Shingen’s death. They tricked the alliance of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu with Kagemusha for more than 2 years. Oda Nobunaga was considered one of the smartest Lord and Tokugawa Ieyasu was the person who finally united Japan as a whole later in this period. They once suspected right after Shingen’s death but still could not find hard evidence to prove the Shingen was a
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In this essay I will look into the Sengoku period of Japan known as the warring states period and the three unifiers based in this period (Oda Nobunaga‚ Toyotomi Hideyoshi‚ and Tokugawa Ieyasu). I will look into the part all of these Daimyo played and make a comparison to see who played the leading role in Japans unification. The sengoku period came about after the end of the Onin War and left a power vacuum as to who was the ruler of Japan and started the power struggle between local daimyos who
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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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Toyotomi Hideyoshi was born in a peasant family who then slowly rose up in position. He left his home to work for the daimyo‚ of Totomi. A short period of time later‚ he went back home and became a foot soldier for Oda Nobunaga‚ who was a really good Japanese leader at that time. A summarized history of Oda Nobunaga‚ he was the son of Oda Nobuhide‚ who was a minor daimyo in Owari province‚ which is now a part of Aichi prefecture in central Honshu. Nobuhide even though he was a minor daimyo‚ he controlled
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Bushido- way of the warrior‚" code of behavior of Japanese samurai; emphasized bravery‚ loyalty and honor Daimyo-powerful warlords who held large estates and commanded private armies of samurai Fealty-the loyalty owed by a vassal to his feudal lord feudal system-political and social system based on the granting of land in exchange for loyalty‚ military assistance‚ and other services fief-grant of land from a lord to a vassal haiku-Japanese poem of 17 syllables written in three lines kabuki-type
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