1. Japan Returns to Isolation
How do native cultures, customs, and beliefs affect the relationship with colonizers from another place?

2. A New Feudalism Under Strong Leaders
“Warring States” Period of Japan
Daimyo, or powerful Samurai controlled large estates
Emperor was simply a figure head
Rival Daimyo fought for land
Was similar to European feudalism

3. Shogun!

4. New Leaders Restore Order
Oda Nobunaga – Seized capital in 1568
Motto “Rule the Empire by Force”
Could not unite all of Japan
Committed Seppuku after betrayal by one of his own generals.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi continued Nobunaga’s goal of unification

5. Tokugawa Shogunate Ieyasu Tokugawa completes unification in 1600
Local daimyos still run their lands
Required to live one year in Edo then return home
Family required to stay in Edo
Was used to “tame” the daimyo from rebelling
Tokugawa Shogunate would hold power until 1867

6. Life in Tokugawa Japan Tokugawa society was very structured Social
Emperor – Figurehead
Shogun – Military Leader
Daimyo – Local Leaders
Samurai
Peasants
Merchants
Based on Confucian ideas
Farmers made ideal citizens
Farmers were most taxed and difficult
Many fled to large cities

7. Life in Tokugawa Japan By the mid-1700’s life became more urban
Edo, the capital, grew to have 1 million people
Women were able to work in many fields
Entertainment
Textiles
Publishing
Most were still peasant wives
Worked in fields
Cared for children
Managed the household

8. Culture of Tokugawa Shogunate
Noh dramas – Tragic plays about warriors
Hung paintings based on classical literature
Haiku Poetry
5-7-5 Syllable Poetry
3 Lines
Kabuki Theatre
Elaborate costumes
Plays about daily life

9. Haiku On a journey, ailing – Tabi ni Yande
My dreams roam about Yume wa Kareno
Over a withered moor Kagemeguru
Matuo Basho
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10. Contact Between Europe and Japan
During the Warring States period traders welcomed
Portugal traded first
Brought weapons, technology, and goods to Japan
Daimyo interested in guns, cannons, etc.
Firearms changed traditional Japanese fighting styles
Samurai would fade
Cannons required more fortification for castles

11. Christian Missionaries in Japan
Missionaries(Started 1549) accepted due to association with trade and muskets
Early missionaries very successful and baptize over 300,000 people
Missionaries:
Scorned local beliefs
Got involved in local politics
Ieyasu upset by success
Feared religious uprising
Banned Christianity by 1612
Future uprisings would be blamed on Christianity

12. The Closed Country Policy
Persecution of missionaries led to the closing of the ports
Leaders did not like European religion and ideas spreading to people
Port in Nagasaki remained open to Dutch and Chinese trade
Shogun had monopoly on all foreign trade through Nagasaki
Japanese forbidden from leaving
Europeans look to the America’s for future trade