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Tokugawa Japan Monday October 7, 2013

Today’s Objective Students will be able to describe the interaction between Japan and the West by… • Completing guided notes, • Analyzing an historical document, • Examining their weekend homework assignment

Japanese Society

The Three Great Unifiers Daimyo, the heads of noble families, were not unified and warred with one another, until… Oda Nobunag a Toyotomi Hideyosh i Tokugaw a Ieyasu Controlled the daimyo and restored central rule. Established the city of Edo (Tokyo) as the capital and ruled as SHOGUN

The Hostage System Onward to • Shoguns maintain glorious peace by holding paperwork ! the families of each daimyo in the capital city of Edo • Daimyo are less likely to battle one another because their families would be held accountable • Samurai become less of a warrior class and shift to local administration

Europeans in Japan Portuguese Europeans to arrive in Japan (1543) • Trade goods like eyeglasses, tobacco… and GUNS! • They also bring Christianity

Europeans in Japan Thanks for the new toys, Portugal! Firearms had benefits over traditional means of warfare… With a little training, nearly any peasant could fire a gun. I’m really expensive by comparison

Europeans in Japan Francis Xavier, a Jesuit missionary arrives in 1549 • Thousands of Japanese are converting to Christianity, but… • Christianity is banned after Jesuits destroy local shrines • Christians are expelled from Japan • European merchants No, I’m Charles Francis Xavier… you’re thinking of a different guy…

Europeans in Japan 1542 • The Portuguese become the first European traders to reach Japan 1590 • Japan is reunified under the rule of a single Shogun 1612 to 1638 • Systematic persecutions drive Christians out of Japan 1639 • Japanese are forbidden from traveling abroad and foreign access is restricted Europeans out of Japan 1467 • The Onin War causes Japan to break up into semiindependent feudal states

Selected Document Excerpts: 1. Japanese ships are strictly forbidden to leave foreign countries. 2. No Japanese is permitted to go abroad. If there is anyone who attempts to do so secretly, he must be executed. The ship so involved must be impounded and its owner arrested, and the matter must be reported to the higher authority. 3. If any Japanese returns from overseas after residing there, he must be put to death. 4. If there is any place where the teachings of padres (Christianity) is practiced, the two of you must order a thorough investigation…. 7. If there any Southern Barbarians (Westerners) who propagate the teachings of padres, or otherwise commit crimes, they may be incarcerated in the prison maintained by the Omura domain, as was done previously…. 10. Samurai are not permitted to purchase any goods originating

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