Tokugawa Japan

Agenda• 1. Bell Ringer: Write down one question or concern you have with

the upcoming mid-term exam.• 2. Lecture: Tokugawa Japan• 3. Art analysis: Tokugawa Art• 4. 47 Ronin excerpt/Comparison• 5. Tokugawa Japan and Isolationism, Impacts Primary Source• 6. Group Analysis: Tokugawa Japan Primary Sources, Military• 7. Mid-Term Review Explanation

• HW: Work on review for mid-term. Obj: Students will analyze primary documents related to Christian

Expulsion in Japan.

Overview

• Tokugawa Japan represents the greatest Shogunate in Japan.

• Powerful leaders = National Unification

• Three Great Unifiers (1568-1616)– Oda Nobunaga– Toyotomi Hideyoshi– Tokugawa Ieyasu

The Unifiers and Japan• Nobunaga is vicious,

consolidating rule through suppressing the power of Buddhist estates and defeating rivals.– He ends up being killed by one

of his generals.• Hideyoshi takes over in 1582.

– Attempts to finish unification, but local Daimyo continue to control individual areas, and they are forced to ally.

• Ieyasu finishes unification by declaring himself Shogun.

Japan Opens to Trade

• Portuguese initiate trade and bring European goods to a formally isolated country.

• Initially welcomed, Japanese Lords adopted European Castle Architecture, while Daimyo would convert to Christianity.

• However, the Christian participation in politics and the destruction of shrines led to tension.

Expulsion and Isolation

• The destruction of shrines led to the expulsion of the Jesuits, but not the merchants…

• All missionaries removed by 1612, and foreign trade was closely controlled.

• Japanese were forbidden to leave.

The Great Peace

• Once Tokugawa was in power, he continued to centralize government, along with the use of the Daimyo.

• Forced Daimyo to maintain two residences, and the Shogun would keep family hostage in one…

• Samurai class was limited, but capitalism flourished.

The Ronin

• Samurai were limited in their power. Could not flourish in a capitalist society.

• Many fell into debt, and became masterless samurai

• Ronin- Wave men, plotted against local government. In the end forced to take their own lives (Samurai code)

Image Interpretation