1. Tokugawa Japan

2. Tokugawa Ieyasu Oda Nobunaga Toyotomi Hideyoshi Edo(modern day Tokyo)
Seppuku
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Edo(modern day Tokyo)
1600 defeated any resistance
1603 sei-i taishōgun (great general) from Emperor
“Retired” in 1605 – Son, Hidetada, named Shogun
Oda Nobunaga – First
Conquests and alliances
Captured Kyoto 1568
Defeated Ashikaga shogunate 1573
Used muskets - Unethical
Attacked by a vassal and seppuku
1582
Hideyoshi – Second
Led Nobunaga’s army
1580s defeated many powerful daimyos
Could not defeat them all – weakened them by reducing the size of their territories
“sword hunt”
Invaded Korea 1592 and 1597 – disaster (China joined)
Son – Hideyori
Group of generals to protect him
Remained a part of politics

3. Bakufu Peaceful, heavily controlled
Daimyos (lord) – Every other year in Edo
Maintaining 2 residences
Samurai warriors as bureaucrats
All citizens to register with their local Buddhist temple
Shimabara Rebellion ( ) - End of Christianity
250 years of peace

5. Life Born into class – stay in class NO movement
Shogun
Emperor
Daimyo
Samurai
Peasants
Artisans
Merchants
Born into class – stay in class NO movement
Lower Samurai – lower functions in society
High Samurai – more important functions
Daimyos received salaries – no longer off own estates

6. Commodore Matthew Perry
1853 Fillmore sent Perry to Japan
Negotiate treaty
Guarantee safety of U.S. sailors and open Japanese ports to American trade
Show of force and dignity – presented the shogun a letter marked “Emperor”
Return in a year for the answer
Treaty of Kanagawa (1854)
2 ports open
Fuel, shelter, supplies

7. Emperor Meiji (Teenager) Source of legitimacy – Gave Shogunate title
Political Figure head of society
Imperial court
Shogun had put family members in the court
Civil war dealing with outsiders
Meiji (Teenager)
Symbol of unity
“Enlightened Rule”