Daimyo

period (between 782 and 1185CE) when the stable imperial government weakened and the nobles began paying less taxes to the emperor and established large private estates. This was the start of feudalism, with the Japanese lords becoming powerful Daimyos and each operating their own Samurai army from the 12th to 19th century. The…

Calm down said Daimyo Tsuki we have to explain the plan to Razio first I will said Sensei Hosakawa we are going to escort you to Masamoto’s house in Kyoto. We will need to keep on guard at all times. There are ninja everywhere and the one eyed clan we are sure has infiltrated…

power was revolved around the shogun’s own lands, which could be considered as a super-daimyo domain. The shogun ruled some important ports and cities like Edo, Kyoto, Osaka and Nagasaki. The Tokugawas also set out to create institutions that would stabilize political and social conditions and thereby prevent a lapse back into feudal warfare, which had existed for several centuries earlier. The activities of the daimyo were keenly observed through a secret police…

In 1565, Ashikaga Yoshiteru Shugaku was assassinated by Matsunaga Hishihidea. Daimyo Oda Nobunaga, who was ambitious at this time, Ashikaga, Yoshiteru 's younger brother, was acceded as the 15th Shogun, but Yoshiaki was only a tool or puppet of Oda Nobunaga. Finally, in 1573, the shogunate collapses as Oda expelled Yoshiaki from Kyoto…

After the leading daimyo, Omura Sumitada was baptized, those under his security followed his religious practice. Eventually, numerous daimyos had converted to Christianity, who also wanted access to tools used for gunpowder. These religious practices changed when Toyotomi Hideyoshi was made daimyo, who proclaimed an anti-Christian and anti-foreign edict. Eighty-two daimyos and 300,000 Japanese had been baptized between 1563 and 1620. However, Hideyoshi…

Question:Discuss the impact of the Tokugawa Shogunate on Japan Introduction: The Tokugawa Shogunate was the last feudal military government in Japan and ushered a new era of growth where Japan was not on the brink of civil war and was rapidly growing.There were many impacts on Japan,firstly there was great cultural growth and popularization of traditional and new cultures,from this there were also social and economic changes.These changes impacted Japan and still has effects on the modern day…

willing to do anything for their ruler. But what about some of the differences? Knights mainly fought in groups with each others companion, some Samurais were not afraid to fight alone, Knights protected their kingdoms, while Samurais protected their Daimyos. To me the even some of their differences…

These daimyos were very wealthy, and powerful, but were just below the Tokugawa family in social class ranking. Normally, a family with full samurai protection would not worry about a bunch of rich proprietors, but in the case of the daimyos, they were much more than just aristocrats. The daimyos were very close with Europeans, and that meant that they were close to having the European military technology…

Even though Japan and Europe had never had any direct contact with each other during the medieval and early modern periods, they had very similar class systems known as feudalism. Feudalism was well established in Europe by 800 CE but appeared in Japan only in the 1100s. Feudal Japanese and European societies were built on a system of heredity classes, where the nobles were at the top, followed by warriors, with tenant farmers or serfs below. The following essay will discuss the similarities and…

Could you imagine a time where everything was won by war and combat? In Japan’s Warring States period, also known as the Sengoku jidai, most people only know war in these times. The Sengoku jidai was an age of civil war in Japan. The warlords of Japan were in constant battle over land, power, and wealth. The Warring States period of Japan was one of the most influential periods for these reasons the innovation of new technology, the great struggle for unification, and the colorful lives of those…