Shogun Assassin

Tokogawa 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…

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…

Centralised feudalism presented a social, political and economic system based on personal loyalties, class distinctions and the granting of land rights. The social class system displayed a clear social hierarchy of wealth and power through to poverty and exploitation of people. Wealth creates power and wealth is created by land ownership in exchange for service or labour. Feudalism in Japan rose following the Heian period (between 782 and 1185CE) when the stable imperial government weakened and…

The Significance of Sakamoto Ryoma Sakamoto Ryoma, born in 1835 and died in 1867, was an anti-tokugawa samurai who revolutionarily influenced not only the nation but, societal beliefs, values, cultural behaviours, political endeavours and Japan itself. The significance of his legacy continues to inspire and express the importance of equality and pride for the country he belonged to. His outspoken actions and decisions throughout his life go on to modify modern day Japanese society and make him…

after many years of war. The Sengoku period or also known as the Warring States period (1467-1573), involved violent wars in which certain daimyos wanted a whole empire. This was known as the ‘Onion War’, where the daimyos overpowered the shoguns and the shoguns had no control over the country. As the ‘Confucian philosophers in that period, Mencius and Hsun-tzu stated, ‘‘It was a time of great intellectual ferment’’. These wars were stopped and a new initiation of peace was created. This is…

many other cultures around the world, neo-“anything” tends be a husk of what it was before. It ransacked Confucian teachings to make it more of what the ruling class needed, something to keep the samurai in check, control the commoners, and keep the Shogun in power. With such strict structure, no one could step out of their place. With such loyalty, no one would go against their master. In a way the tea ceremony is an example of that control, control of a person has of themselves. Every small…

Shogunate Japan Tokugawa Ieyasu founded the Tokugawa shogunate in the 12th, in Tokyo (Articles, 2014). The last of the shoguns consisted of those from the Tokugawa clan, the rule ended in the 16th, thus when Japanese feudal society began to disintegrate. Emperor The Emperor and his family were of the highest rank in Japanese society, as the emperor was placed as the legitimate ruler of Japan, although he was without any real political power (Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia, 2014). The…

Many social and economic changes took place in the middle and late Edo period that gave rise to such developments as “Pictures of the Floating World.” The steady commercial growth, albeit an entirely domestic one as a result of Japan’s isolationist policy, and peace that were established by the Tokugawa shogunate eventually led to a highly prosperous merchant class. Regarded as the lowest rank in the social hierarchy, some of the townspeople were even more affluent than the samurai, who occupied…

time, peace and prosperity roamed throughout Japan. The Tokugawa Shoganate period was the last primitive Japanese government which lasted between 1603 and 1867. The leaders of this government were the shogun and each shogun was a part of the Tokugawa clan (being Tokugawa Ieyasu being the first shogun ruler). As part of the systematic plan to maintain stability the social order, was officially frozen and mobility between eight classes was prohibited. The Edo period had big effects on all the…

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. Early Yoshiaki escaped to Shin-Koku and moved to western Japan in accordance with the Mori clan's suggestion of…