Tokugawa Shogunate

John KaluznyMax EllingJoe Glackin

Topics covered in PPT.

• When the Tokugawa Shogunate was established• Who established it• Key info. about their empire and religion• Where the empire was located• How it rose and declined • Why it wasn’t affected by foreigners and why it was

significant to its region

WHEN (Unification and fall)

• After unification, Tokugawa established a new shogunate in 1603. This lasted peacefully until 1867.

WHO (Establishment of empire)

• The Tokugawa Shogunate was unified under Oda Nobunaga of the Owari Province and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. They established a feudalistic government and there was distinct separation between violent warlords and different domains.

• Tokugawa Ieyasu was the first shogun/founder of the empire.

WHAT (Importance of Empire)

• The Tokugawa Shogunate is most well known for being the final era of traditional Japanese government.

• Merchants gained power from the samurai and this led to the Meji restoration (fall of shogunate).

WHAT (Religion/relations)

• The Tokugawa empire did not advance their civilization past the island of Japan, creating minimal relations with its neighbors and Europeans.

• Buddhism was the most practiced religion, and Confucianism was a well practiced philosophy.

WHERE (Location of empire)

• The empire started in Edo, Japan. The entirety of Japan was unified in 1600 after the Battle of Sekigahara

HOW (Establishment)

• In 1500 power was decentralized, and controlled by warlords called daimyo.

• Battle of Sekigahara in 1600- between clans of eastern Japan under Tokugawa Ieyasu against clans of western Japan ynder Toyotomi Hideyoti.

• Resulted in Eastern Japanese victory and consolidation of power by Ieyasu.

HOW (Rise)

• Shogunate dynasty officially began in 1603 as Ieyasu was named the Shogun.

• Hoped to reestablish order in Japanese society after a century of fighting

• Limited daimyos power• Expanded agricultural, manufacturing, and commerce in

Japan

HOW (Fall)

• The shogunate was toppled by two anti Tokugawa clans, the Choshu and the Satsuma, and declared the “Meji Restoration”

• Merchants gained too much power• Famines led to uprisings by peasants which were hard to

contain

WHY (Significance)

• The Shogunate was significant because it bought stabilization, peace, and order to Japan.

• Europeans failed to conquer Japan due to the “Acts of Seclusion” which prohibited trade and interaction with all European nations.

bibliography

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