Tokugawa shogunate

Japan’s Educational System: An Admirable Method Most people would agree that the country of Japan is a world superpower that holds plenty of influence over much of the present world. Of course, the island country did not suddenly hold as much power as it currently does in a single day, nor did it have a lack of struggle to get to its current position. Japan has a long history that leads up to its current events, and a major portion of that history has contributed to the country’s current record…

Fukuzawa Yukichi was a lower station samurai from Nakatsu, Japan. He wanted to rise vertically on the class rank ladder, which was seemingly impossible in Japan. He thought that Japan was stuck in it’s traditional roots. During the time period western countries and the rest of the world were passing Japan by with new innovations and knowledge. The solution he proposed to solve this issue was education on Western society to create a national independence through personal independence for Japan…

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 growth and… the merchant class created a new style of life and…

overall situation smoothly, Tokugawa Shogunate strongly limit the mobility of the class and people. Therefore, Tokugawa Shogunate attached the importance to agriculture, with the purpose of the vast majority of people to maintain their agricultural land, and limit the business by forcing the businessmen to do the donations to Shogunate. The Shogunate's main income was the high taxes (about 40% of the harvest of rice) that levied from people. Furthermore, Tokugawa Shogunate had…

three types of classes of Daimyos. First one is called Shimpan. Shimpans were people with the name of Tokugawa. These Daimyos were given the land around the capital during this time, Edo. Second type of Daimyo was called Fudai. Fudai are usually army officers and give the land around the land given to the Shimpan. Lastly, the Tozama, these guys was called outsiders. These Daimyos hated Tokugawa because of this policy. These daimyos had the land on the outside. This policy was also for the…

The Ako Vendetta, is a great story. But it comes with a disclaimer of no one really knows the reason why lord Asano wounded Lord Kira with his blade. Many people have arguments of what standars the samurai should of been judged with in this cause effect affair we have on our hands. Some people believed that the ronin should of been judged by Bushido, the honor code of samurai, some believe that the law when of been a correct way of judging the samurai. You have others that what happened to the…

stopped and a new initiation of peace was created. This is also known as the ‘reunification of Japan’. This was produced by the ‘Three Unifiers’, who contributed to bring order to Japan. ‘The Three Unifiers’ were Oda Nobunaga, Toyomoti Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. These three unique leaders made Japan start fresh with each of their own qualities and characteristics. The 20th Japanese historians (secondary source) use the following legend to explain the personalities of the leaders’: ‘…

God. Catherine The Great and Tokugawa Ieyasu were both known as prominent absolute rulers but, Ieyasu was a more effective absolutist ruler. Tokugawa controlled his country by reasonable means that wouldn’t cause uprisings and distrust while still being the only one to make decisions for the country. Catherine was simply too blindsided by wanting all the power possible that she didn’t realize that her people were suffering and possible forming a rebellion. Tokugawa Ieyasu brought stability to…

perspective between then and now is obvious.1603, marked the beginning of a new era in Japanese history called the Tokugawa era or the Edo Period. During this era Japan thrived culturally and economically under a well developed political circumstances. This growth would not have occurred if Tokugawa Ieyasu had not completed the Unification of Japan and established the Tokugawa Shogunate. Tokugawa Ieyasu had enforced innovative trade policies. During his reign, strong foreign connections were…

Tokugawa Era As Tokugawa Ieyasu once said “The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience.” Tokugawas main goal was to unite Japan, no matter how long it took. To him patience was not just waiting, it was enduring the hardships and all about self control. Tokugawa came to power by claiming descent from Minamoto Yamritomo. He ruled over japan from 1590–1616, and after his death his heirs occupied the shogunate and japan enjoyed peace for more than 250…