Samurai

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…

Shogunate was responsible for controlling the samurai class and collecting taxes, defending and controlling the cities. Samurais who were professional warriors, were the leaders in this period, but all of them were controlled by shoguns from the Tokogawa clan. Shoguns were essentially military dictators who were the controllers of the Tokogawa Shogunate. The peasants were farmers and fishermen. They produced food for the higher classes. Ronin’s were samurai warriors with no lord or master during…

Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, the Western power’s influence spread throughout the world. They came into contact with many types of people, but most of these encounters didn’t end well for some of the natives. Most of the powers were land hungry and wanted to control locations for trade; Egypt and India are prime examples of this. While most of these countries came under the control of those powers, Japan was pretty much able to control who came in and out of the country and this…

meant that armies were larger and more diverse, resulting in stronger defence systems. When fighting, quilted padding was worn under steel or iron plates that were bound together with strips of lacquered leather, allowing easy and free movement. Samurai became adept fighters on foot or on horseback - they practiced both armed and unarmed combat. This means that when they fought other armies they had the upper…

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…

industrialization proved to be quite expensive for the government; in 1880, the government decided to sell most of its industries to private investors, and later encouraged investments through subsidies and other incentives. At this point, some of the samurai and other merchants, who built these industries, established major corporate conglomerates called Zaibatsu, who controlled much of Japan’s industry. The government expanded its reach towards its people by introducing an educational system…

The most famous person of the Sanada clan would be Sanada Yukimura a samurai of the Sengoku period. He was a great samurai, but why was he important ? The way he died interested me. When I looked him up a lot of video games popped up. I thought he must be important to be in so many games. Sanada parents were Sanada Masayuki and Kansho-in. He died when he was forty-nine. The Sanada’s family crest is made of six Japanese coins. Even Though he died protecting the Osaka castle, Sanada Yukimura was…

Musui’s Story The Bushido code can be witnessed in Musui’s Story, which is an autobiography of Tokugawa Samurai. This autobiography documents the life of Katsu Kokichi, who was a samurai in Japan’s late Tokugawa period. This story gives excellent examples of how Katsu Kokichi broke and disrespected the Bushido code along with disrespecting himself from early childhood till his death. Some of the behavior that Kokichi did to disrespect the Bushido code was lying, cheating, and stealing. For…

(1192-1868) Different Social Classes were possessed based on the Power and prestige. Ancient Japanese Hierarchy was majorly divided into two categories, the Noble Class and the Peasant Class. It was then divided into the Emperors, the Daimyo and the Samurai. The peasant Class was made up of the Farmers, the Craftsmen and the Artisans and the Merchants. See the source below: The Emperor was given Supreme Power in the social class system. He was equivalent to God for peasants. The order of an…

During the Edo period in Japan, society was divided into 4 major classes consisting of Samurai, Farmer, Artisan and Merchant. There was the ideal version of social organization that we preferred by the Tokugawa Government however this format did not really match the reality of Edo period life. In the article, Tokugawa Period/Edo Period: Economy and Society, it says that, “the merchant class, officially at the bottom of the Tokugawa social structure, benefited greatly from the period’s economic…