TOKUGAWA JAPAN DURING THE AGE OF DISCOVERY
I. Unification key terms: daimyo, shogun the Great Unifiers Nobunaga (Kyoto) Hideoyoshi (Osaka) Tokugawa Ieyasu (Edo) map, p. 498 initially, allowed some trade with Europe … but this was gradually eliminated desired trade goods? limits on trade – only Dutch allowed to trade at Nagasaki Jesuit missionaries? Japanese feudalism ended with Tokugawa rule role of hostage system? the “Great Peace” brought the decline of the samurai class Comparison w/China? rulers Europeans trade
II. Economic Activities trade & industry expanded, especially in Edo, Kyoto, & Osaka development of banking & the use of paper money emergence of a merchant class peasants experienced declining profits & rising taxes Comparison w/China? economic activities role of agriculture role of manufacturing
III. Class System rigid class system at the top were the emperor & the imperial court families, then warrior class 2. peasants (farmers) 3. artisans (craftspeople) 4. merchants 5. eta – the outcasts; subject to strict laws role of women? lived restricted lives few rights child bearers & homemakers Comparison w/China? class system role of women
IV. Culture Five Women Who Loved Love – Ihara Saikaku poetry of Matsuo Basho Kabuki theater men impersonated female characters exaggerated gestures & actions elaborately decorated daimyo mansions - Edo Japanese pottery & ceramics Comparison w/China? literature art
V.Korea – The Hermit Kingdom Yi dynasty capital: Hanyang (Seoul) Korean society was modeled after Chinese society isolation came under the control of Qing China in 1630s little contact with Europeans