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MARITIME AND LANDS EMPIRE PROJECT
Tokugawa Japan 1450-1750
Rachel Arcuri, Allsion Malcom, Natalie Marshall, and Elizabeth
Shirey
TOKUGAWA, JAPAN
Political
Aspects
By: Natalie
Marshall
REUNIFICATION OF JAPAN
“Sengoku” or
“Country at
War” (14671573)
Reunification
achieved by
three daimyos
Photo of Tokugawa, Japan.
THE TOKUGAWA PERIOD
Brought Japan 250
years of stability.
Complex feudal
system.
Political system
was known as
“bakuhan”.
Established by
Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Diagram of Feudal System
CLASSES OF DAIMYO
They were
subordinate to
the Shogun.
Shinpan- “Related
Houses”.
Fudai- “House
Daimyo”.
Tozama- “Outside
Vassals”.
CODE OF LAWS
Used to manage
daimyo houses.
Various rules and
regulations.
Weakened their
power.
Tokugawan Shogunate
THE CLOSING OF JAPAN
A strict policy of
isolation was adopted
in the 1630s.
Outlawed Christianity.
Cut off trade and
banned Japanese
from traveling outside
the country .
This map displays the port in
which Dutch merchants could
travel to.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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SOCIAL ASPECTS
Of the Tokugawa Empire
By: Allison Malcom
APWH Period 2
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
 Based on Neo-Confucian Principles
 Strict hierarchy, each with its own restrictions in dress,
marriages, lifestyle, etc.
Samurai, Shogunate, and Daimyo (Warriors)
Farmers and Peasants
Artisans
Merchants
SHOGUN, DAIMYO AND SAMURAI
Became rulers as a result of the peace of the
Tokugawa Era
With no wars to fight, they took control
- Ruling elites become only figureheads
-
Received income mainly from peasants,
especially from their rice cultivation.
Strict dress code and behavior
policies
Lived luxurious lives and
bragged in their wealth.
LOWER CLASSES
 Farmers and peasants higher
than merchants because of
Confucian principles.
 Artisans were working class.
 Merchants flourished in their
population of 1 million in 1700.
 A 5th class formed by people
who did not fit into structure;
considered outcasts or “impure.”
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
 Women’s roles changed into the sole purpose of honoring their
father and mother, then father and mother -in-law.
 Children began to be
educated
 Taught filial
piety and
obedience.
SOURCES
 Primary
 Andrea, Alfred J., and James H. Overfield. The
Human Record Sources of Global History. 5. 2.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005. 16-17,
27-28. Print.
 Secondary
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 Jujitsu, Akayama-Ryu. "BEGINNING OF JAPAN AS A
NATION." JUJITSU HISTORY. (2006): n. page. Web. 9 Jan. 2012.
<http://www.jujitsustudies.com/jujitsu_history2.htm>.
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TOKUGAWA ECONOMICS
Elizabeth
Shirey
TOKUGAWA ECONOMICS
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Economy’s Development
Trade
Agriculture
Urbanization
Tokugawa Currency
Tokugawa
Map
RESOURCES
 Primar y Source:
 http://www.jstor.org/pss/493721
 http://www.jstor.org/pss/133439
 Secondar y Source:
 http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/main_pop/kpct/kp_tokugawa.htm
 http://wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu/papers/jhist1.htm
 Pictures
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CULTURAL ASPECTS OF
TOKUGAWA
Rachel Arcuri
 Respect
 Little Learning, Book
 Expectations for Women
 Neo-Confucianism
 Kokugaku
 Rangaku