Tokugawa Japan Agenda 1 Scientific DBQ Explanation and

Tokugawa Japan

Agenda 1. Scientific DBQ Explanation and Questions (10) 2. Lecture: Tokugawa Japan (15) 3. Art analysis: Tokugawa Art (5) 4. 47 Ronin excerpt/Comparison (10) 5. Tokugawa Japan and Isolationism, Impacts Primary Source 6. Group Analysis: Tokugawa Japan Primary Sources, Military • HW: Scientific Rev DBQ next class. • Obj: Students will analyze primary documents related to Christian Expulsion in Japan.

Rules for War • You must remain in your groups. • Each group will receive situations, your goal is to respond to this situation before I come back around to your group. If you do not have a viable response, your country collapses. • You must stay in the character of your “Empire”. – Example: Imagine Ancient Greeks being placed in modern day global society… • If you are “nuked” then you lose a turn to rebuild. • At the end we will see which Empire has dominated

Overview • Tokugawa Japan represents the greatest Shogunate in Japan. • Powerful leaders = National Unification • Three Great Unifiers (1568 -1616) – Oda Nobunaga – Toyotomi Hideyoshi – Tokugawa Ieyasu

The Unifiers and Japan • Nobunaga is vicious, consolidating rule through suppressing the power of Buddhist estates and defeating rivals. – He ends up being killed by one of his generals. • Hideyoshi takes over in 1582. – Attempts to finish unification, but local Daimyo continue to control individual areas, and they are forced to ally. • Ieyasu finishes unification by declaring himself Shogun.

Japan Opens to Trade • Portuguese initiate trade and bring European goods to a formally isolated country. • Initially welcomed, Japanese Lords adopted European Castle Architecture, while Daimyo would convert to Christianity. • However, the Christian participation in politics and the destruction of shrines led to tension.

Expulsion and Isolation • The destruction of shrines led to the expulsion of the Jesuits, but not the merchants… • All missionaries removed by 1612, and foreign trade was closely controlled. • Japanese were forbidden to leave.

The Great Peace • Once Tokugawa was in power, he continued to centralize government, along with the use of the Daimyo. • Forced Daimyo to maintain two residences, and the Shogun would keep family hostage in one… • Samurai class was limited, but capitalism flourished.

The Ronin • Samurai were limited in their power. Could not flourish in a capitalist society. • Many fell into debt, and became masterless samurai • Ronin- Wave men, plotted against local government. In the end forced to take their own lives (Samurai code)

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