Tokugawa PeriodTokugawa Period

1212

JapanJapan

Origins of TokugawaOrigins of Tokugawa

Oda Nobunaga Oda Nobunaga Hideyoshi ToyotomiHideyoshi Toyotomi Tokugawa IeyasuTokugawa Ieyasu

Tokugawa and its control systemTokugawa and its control system

Tokugawa PeriodTokugawa Period (also called Tokugawa (also called Tokugawa ShogunateShogunate): 1568 – 1868 AD): 1568 – 1868 AD

Tokugawa System:Tokugawa System: DaimyoDaimyo and their and their HanHan (Domain) (Domain)

Shimpan: FamilyShimpan: Family Fudai: HouseholdFudai: Household Tozama: OutsidersTozama: Outsiders

Tokugawa and it’s control systemTokugawa and it’s control system

DaimyoDaimyo and their and their HanHan (Domain) (Domain) ShimpanShimpan FudaiFudai TozamaTozama

Tokugawa and it’s control systemTokugawa and it’s control system

Alternate residenceAlternate residence Hostage systemHostage system Conscription public worksConscription public works Domain rearrangement.Domain rearrangement.

Tokugawa’s Control MechanismsTokugawa’s Control Mechanisms

Caste system:Caste system: SamuraiSamurai ArtisansArtisans FarmersFarmers MerchantsMerchants BurakuminBurakumin

aka: Etaaka: Eta

Tokugawa’s Control MechanismsTokugawa’s Control Mechanisms

Fixed Residences and Fixed occupationsFixed Residences and Fixed occupations International Restrictions:International Restrictions:

Christianity in Japan?Christianity in Japan? Tokugawa Success: 200 years of general Tokugawa Success: 200 years of general

peacepeace Samurai culture and Samurai culture and bushidobushido dominant dominant KennoKenno Code: Code: BushidoBushido as legal code + as legal code +

proscription on corruption or non-sanctioned proscription on corruption or non-sanctioned violence violence

Unintended outcomes of Tokugawa Unintended outcomes of Tokugawa Control MechanismsControl Mechanisms

Urban societyUrban society ArtArt LiteratureLiterature EntertainmentEntertainment

Chushingura – 47 Ronin

Unintended outcomes of Tokugawa Unintended outcomes of Tokugawa Control MechanismsControl Mechanisms

National Transportation networkNational Transportation network Unified Language Unified Language Unified CultureUnified Culture Money EconomyMoney Economy Farmer’s wealthFarmer’s wealth

Unintended outcomes of Tokugawa Unintended outcomes of Tokugawa Control MechanismsControl Mechanisms

Daimyo impoverishedDaimyo impoverished Wealthy MerchantsWealthy Merchants Daimyo and Samurai Relationship Daimyo and Samurai Relationship

changeschanges Samurai as BureaucratsSamurai as Bureaucrats

Warriors without warWarriors without war Decay and corruption at Decay and corruption at

the centerthe center

Tokugawa Meets the WestTokugawa Meets the West

Commodore Perry: Commodore Perry: 18531853

Dutch LearningDutch Learning China’s unequal treaties 1840s: Japan made China’s unequal treaties 1840s: Japan made

uneasyuneasy

Tokugawa Meets the WestTokugawa Meets the West

Shogun’s responseShogun’s response Kanagawa Treaty: 1854Kanagawa Treaty: 1854 Harris Treaty: 1858Harris Treaty: 1858

Open portsOpen ports ExtraterritorialityExtraterritoriality Tariffs Tariffs

Tokugawa Meets the WestTokugawa Meets the West

Young Samurai ReactionYoung Samurai Reaction Choshu incident: 1863Choshu incident: 1863

Domestic ResponseDomestic Response Foreign ResponseForeign Response

Tokugawa Meets the WestTokugawa Meets the West

Choshu’s new resolutionChoshu’s new resolution Satsuma and Choshu: Who, and why Satsuma and Choshu: Who, and why

them?them?