1. Tokugawa Japan
Feudalism

2. Tokugawa Shogunate Unites Japan
1600:
Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated his rivals at the Battle of Sekigahara

3. Tokugawa Shogunate Unites Japan
1600:
Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated his rivals at the Battle of Sekigahara
victory earned him the loyalty of daimyo throughout Japan

4. Tokugawa Shogunate Unites Japan
1600:
Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated his rivals at the Battle of Sekigahara
victory earned him the loyalty of daimyo throughout Japan
1603:
Ieyasu became the sole ruler, or shogun

5. 5 Steps to Order & Unity
Daimyo were required to live in the capital Edo every other year

6. 5 Steps to Order & Unity
Daimyo were required to live in the capital Edo every other year.
the wives and children of Daimyo remained in Edo full time

7. 5 Steps to Order & Unity
Daimyo were required to live in the capital Edo every other year.
the wives and children of Daimyo remained in Edo full time
forbade Daimyo to repair castles without Shogun’s permission

8. 5 Steps to Order & Unity
Daimyo were required to live in the capital Edo every other year.
the wives and children of Daimyo remained in Edo full time
forbade Daimyo to repair castles without Shogun’s permission
no Daimyo marriages without Shogun’s permission

9. 5 Steps to Order & Unity
Daimyo were required to live in the capital Edo every other year.
the wives and children of Daimyo remained in Edo full time
forbade Daimyo to repair castles without Shogun’s permission
no Daimyo marriages without Shogun’s permission
rigid social order with a strict moral code

10. Tokugawa Japan
The Shogunate capital of Edo was located in the rich fertile land of the Kanto Plain.
The Shogun or vassals directly under him controlled the largest, most productive regions.
Tokugawa consolidated power in strategic locations by giving control of the cities of Wakayama, Nagioya, and Mito to three of his sons.
A system of highways bound the shogun’s region together. The most important of these highways was the Tokaido or Eastern Sea route.

11. Exploration
Early 1500s, Portuguese establish trading outposts throughout Asia

12. Exploration
Early 1500s, Portuguese establish trading outposts throughout Asia
Early 1600s, Dutch drive out the Portuguese

13. Exploration
Early 1500s, Portuguese establish trading outposts throughout Asia
Early 1600s, Dutch drive out the Portuguese
Europeans sail further east to Japan in search of more trade

14. Closing the Door: Tokugawa Isolation
1638: instituted a “closed country policy”
remained isolated from Europe for 200 years

15. Closing the Door: Tokugawa Isolation
1638: instituted a “closed country policy”
remained isolated from Europe for 200 years
Japan outlaws Christianity in 1612

16. Closing the Door: Tokugawa Isolation
1638: instituted a “closed country policy”
remained isolated from Europe for 200 years
Japan outlaws Christianity in 1612
barred all Western merchants and ended foreign trade

17. Closing the Door: Tokugawa Isolation
1638: instituted a “closed country policy”
remained isolated from Europe for 200 years
Japan outlaws Christianity in 1612
barred all Western merchants and ended foreign trade
forbid Japanese to travel abroad

18. Closing the Door: Tokugawa Isolation
1638: instituted a “closed country policy”
remained isolated from Europe for 200 years
Japan outlaws Christianity in 1612
barred all Western merchants and ended foreign trade
forbid Japanese to travel abroad
outlawed building large ships

19. Reasons why Japan “closed the door”
learned how Spain had seized Philippines

20. Reasons why Japan “closed the door”
learned how Spain had seized Philippines
newcomers = invading force

21. Reasons why Japan “closed the door”
learned how Spain had seized Philippines
newcomers = invading force
disliked competition among Christians missionaries
Protestant vs Catholic

22. Reasons why Japan “closed the door”
learned how Spain had seized Philippines
newcomers = invading force
disliked competition among Christians missionaries
Protestant vs Catholic
distrusted Christian loyalty to Pope (instead of Shogun)

23. End of the Tokugawa Era
American Admiral Perry arrives and “opens” Japan in 1853
the Tokugawa Shogunate would fall by 1867