Transcript Japan Under the Shogun

Japan Under the Shogun
Ms. Jeelani
Japan
 Edo Japan – 1600 – 1868
 Prior to 1600: constant warfare
between Daimyo
 Powerful landowners/nobles = daimyo
Renaissance Europeans
 Who held the power?
 Was it the king or the nobles?
Aztecs
 Who had the ACTUAL power?
 Was the it the emperor or the nobility
and priests?
Japan
 Emperor – ruler
 "shogun" is a title that was granted
by the Emperor to the country's top
military commander
Japanese
 Do you think the Emperor has the
most power or the shogun?
End of Chaos
Tokugawa Ieyasu
 becomes shogun in 1600
 Wants stable, long-lasting gov’t
 His plan:
 strong Shogunate
 no one would dare challenge him
 new strategies
Strategies
1. Control the daimyo
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Loyal lords = land + watch the lords he didn’t
trust
2. Alternate Attendance
3. Sharing Power
4. Strict Laws
Homework – Read page 285 and make notes
on the different strategies. Quiz tomorrow.
Feudal Society
 Feudal systems are based on
__________. Lords control it and
collect ________ from __________
 Helped shogun maintain control
 Social mobility: YES or NO
Social Mobility
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Rigid social structure
Hereditary – determined by birth
Can’t move up officially
Could improve situation and gain
wealth through hard work + talent
Social Hierarchy
Emperor
Nobility (Shogun, Daimyo)
Samurai
Artisans, Merchants, Women
Peasants
Outcasts
Task
 In your literature circle groups Travel to each of the different classes
in Edo Japanese social hierarchy and
fill in the worksheet with notes from
each page.
Social Hierarchy
Emperor
Nobility (Shogun, Daimyo)
Samurai
Artisans, Merchants, Women
Peasants
Outcasts
Confucius
 Chinese scholar
 His moral teachings were brought by
Buddhist monks
Confucism
 Everyone had a place in society.
 If everyone accepts their place =
peace and order
 if they don’t = chaos and suffering
Ruler ----------
Subject
Father ----------
Children
Husband --------
Wife
Older Brother --------- Younger brother
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Friend -----------
Friend
Duties and
Obligations:
- to be a wise and just
Duties and
Obligations:
- to obey
leader
- to respect
- to support and provide
- to honour
for the other
- to protect the other
First Contact With West
 The “Southern Barbarians”
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Portuguese explorers = first contact
wrecked ship in 1543
Wanted ideas of trading
Need to convert Japanese to Christianity
New Kind of Belief
 Francis Xavier: arrived in 1549
 convert the Upper classes
 Franciscan priests: middle and lower
classes
Japan Shinto Religion + Christianity
 some similar ethical and moral beliefs
 monotheism was new to the Japanese