Daimyo

Horio Yoshiharu was a daimyo during the Edo period in Japan, But in a vassal’s family, in 1542, was when his life story truly began. His father was a member of the Iwakura Oda clan, Until their defeat by Oda Nobunaga, which was not part of the plan. Now a wandering samurai without a master during the chaotic Age of Warring States, Yoshiharu’s father left his family with an uncertain fate. But during this time, Yoshiharu developed an inner strength, and a sense of peace: Qualities that helped…

Lasting a little longer than a century (c. 1467 – c. 1573), the Sengoku period was a very important and well-known stage in the history of Medieval Japan, as it marked the beginning of when Japan became reunified. Also known as the Warring States period, this time period was marked by conspiracy involving the political system, conflict inside the Japanese military and commotion within the Japanese society. During the Sengoku period, a number of battles, wars, invasions and other disastrous…

structure of Japan in the Tokugawa era was a feudal one—though there was a central capital where the Emperor and the shogun resided, the primary form of government with which the citizens interacted was their immediate domain, ruled over by a landowning daimyō.…

Did you know that samurai followed an unwritten code called bushido that still exists today? This is just one of the impacts Japanese samurai have left behind. First, samurai were needed throughout Japan for protection and battle. Second, samurai have changed many times over the history of Japan. Finally, samurai have had an important impact on Japan. Without the samurai, the government and lifestyle of Japan would be entirely different. First of all, samurai were needed all over japan. They…

The Samurai pledge an oath of loyalty to the Daimyo. Samurai Warriors beliefs included; Samurai were devoted to their master, courageous, loyal, honorable. The Samurai’s also had a strict honor code in which they lived by the way of the warrior and they were loyal to their communities. The Samurai’s…

The Jesuits in Japan: An Attempt at Christian Conversion During the sixteenth century, an order of Roman Catholic religious men called the Jesuits attempted to convert the country of Japan to Christianity. Their efforts to accomplish this goal were first sparked by the Age of Discovery, followed by the Counter-Reformation of 1545, and then by Francis Xavier’s meeting with an exiled samurai from Japan. The Jesuit mission began with Francis Xavier’s entrance to Japan in 1549 and saw two more…

Kamakura shogunate led to the disintegration of the shogunates power and gave rise to regional warlords named daimyos (Totman, 2002). This period, known as the Muromachi period, was the beginning of a period of civil war. During this period, Portuguese traders made contact with the nation, establishing lines of trade with the Western world. The late sixteenth century saw the rise of the daimyo Oda Nobunga, who reunited the Japanese islands, recommencing a period of centralized rule. Between the…

land pieces. In a number of occasions the overall leaders of this group, the lords, ensured that they obtained different items from the farmers which were in the form of taxation that they used in paying the warriors their salaries as servants of the daimyo. The warriors within Europe and Japan also differed in the way that they interacted with one another in their societies. For example, the women of the samurai were expected to exhibit great courage in their daily lives such that they were…

Shogunate Japan was a very structured and influential time in Japan’s history, starting from 1185 to 1603. Japanese society was structured in different layers which resembles a pyramid. The Social and Political structure was essential to Japanese society because it promoted stability. The purpose of this essay is to find how this social hierarchy worked and what each person did to contribute to society. In The Shogunate pyramidal division had a very complex five level class system. Society in…

The Japanese, life during the 12th century was like feudalism. The way of life was like chosen by the power rulers (Kings, governors), what they can do, and what they can’t. Life in Tokugawa was very peaceful but it was heavily controlled by the shogunate government. The people who had money, meaning the wealthy family’s was always looking for the land and have more, they tell people to search for them like land and etc. The taxes were very high, by the end of 12th century, there was new rural…