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Sengoku Jidai

Sengoku Jidai. The Age of Warring States 1467-1573. Shoguns, Too, Lose Power. Kamakura shogunate overthrown – rivalries! Two rival emperors New shogun clan, Ashikaga, unable to to be supreme ruler Onin War 1467 Ashikaga shoguns lose control

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Sengoku Jidai

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  1. Sengoku Jidai The Age of Warring States 1467-1573

  2. Shoguns, Too, Lose Power • Kamakura shogunate overthrown – rivalries! • Two rival emperors • New shogun clan, Ashikaga, unable to to be supreme ruler • Onin War 1467 Ashikaga shoguns lose control “After the major battles the streets were choked with corpses , and cartloads of severed heads were collected as trophies.” “Of the 142 daimyo families ruling in 1543, only 45 still held their position 30 years later.”

  3. GeKokuJo“Those Below Subjugating Those Above” Three Shoguns Re-Unify Japan

  4. Oda Nobunaga 1534-1582 • Leader of central province, Owari • Unified 32 of 66 provinces under his control • Brilliant military leader • Surprise attacks, firearms • Ruthless to enemies • Buddhist temples and priests burned and destroyed • Trapped by traitor in 1582 and committed seppukku before reunification was completed

  5. ToyotomiHideyoshi 1536-1598 • Son of a peasant • Became ruler of all of Japan “gekokujo” • Chief general of eastern Nobunaga army • Killed Nobunaga’s traitor, resumed quest to unify Japan’s daimyo • More diplomatic, negotiated • Took 8 years to bring all 66 under a feudal agreement • Tokugawa Ieyasu agreed to trade Kanto province for Kyoto

  6. Tokugawa Ieyasu 1603 • Powerful daimyo under ToyotomiHideyoshi, one of most trusted generals! • Supposed to let son of TH inherit, declared war instead! • 5 years of ruthless fighting later = Tokugawa Ieyasu controls all 66 daimyo of Japan, moves capital to Tokyo. • Eliminated Christianity, closed Japan to travel or trade, and made a 4-level social order

  7. BushidoThe Way of the Warrior The Era of Samurai Peace 1603-1868

  8. Daimyo and Samurai • Went from fighting to working as officials for the Bakufu • Developed Bushido Code: stressed simplicity and total loyalty* • Daimyo ruled from castles as local governors, lower daimyo reported to them (mayors?) lesser samurai lived there reinforced law (police?)

  9. Peasants/Merchants & Towns • Castles had towns grow around them • Attracted people like artisans and merchants • Twons also grew along roads connecting towns • Merchants became really rich • Samurai eventually supplanted by merchants!

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