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Feudal Japan

Feudal Japan. Mr. Walker. C A S T L E S. The Warring States. Castles built on hills in different provinces. Shogun – military leader Power shifts from above to below. Daimyo (DYE•mee•oh) “Powerful landholding samurai ” New feudalism Emperor just a figurehead

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Feudal Japan

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  1. Feudal Japan Mr. Walker

  2. CASTLES

  3. The Warring States • Castles built on hills in different provinces. • Shogun – military leader • Power shifts from above to below. • Daimyo (DYE•mee•oh) • “Powerful landholding samurai” • New feudalism • Emperor just a figurehead • Extreme political chaos

  4. Feudalism A political, economic, and social system based on loyalty, the holding of land, and military service.Europe: King Land - Fief Loyalty Land - Fief Lord Lord Loyalty Knight Knight Knight Food Protection Peasant Peasant Peasant Peasant

  5. Feudalism A political, economic, and social system based on loyalty, the holding of land, and military service.Japan: Shogun Land - Shoen Loyalty Land - Shoen Daimyo Daimyo Loyalty Samurai Samurai Samurai Food Protection Peasant Peasant Peasant Peasant

  6. The emperor reigned, but did not always rule! Feudal Society

  7. Full Samurai Attire

  8. Samurai Sword

  9. Early Mounted Samurai Warriors

  10. Modern-Day “Samurai Warriors”

  11. Medieval Warriors vs. European knight Samurai Warrior

  12. Medieval Warriors vs. Knight’s Armor Samurai Armor

  13. Underpinnings: Basic Steps in Self Defense A COTTON BREECH CLOUT that extended up over the chest was the basic undergarment of a samurai’s costume A SHORT SLEEVED KIMONO, or “armor robe,” was tied snugly at the waist with a special knot (lower right)

  14. BILLOWING PANTALOONS,worn over the armor robe, fitted loosely in the legs to allow freedom of movement AN EXQUISITE BROCADE, richly worked with a design of peonies, was one of the extravagant materials used in an armor robe that may have been made for a 14th Century imperial prince STURDY SHINGUARDS of cloth or leather were reinforced with strips of iron to give protection from the front

  15. Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582) Seizes Kyoto. Tries to unify Japan Motto = “Rule the empire by force.” First to use firearms effectively in battle Overall, he is unsuccessful He died by…

  16. Seppuku: Ritual Suicide It is honorable to die in this way.

  17. Toyotomi Hideyoshi(1536-1598) • Nobunaga’s best general, continue what he started • Becomes suspicious of European territorial ambitions. • Orders all European missionaries expelled from Japan. • Tries to invade Korea, but fails.

  18. Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616) Completed the unification of Japan Appointed shogun by the Emperor. Moved capital to Tokyo Still had problems with daimyo, came up with a new plan “Alternate attendance policy”

  19. Tokugawa Shogunate Period • Confucian values honored • Agriculture = key to a ideal society • Farmers = ideal citizen • Japan does start to become more industrialized • Jobs for women • Towns, esp. castle towns, increase. • Merchant class becomes rich! • New art forms  haiku poetry, kabuki theater.

  20. European Contact • Started with the Portuguese • Japanese intrigued by new items • Daimyo liked the new weapons (guns & cannons) • Forever changed warrior traditions (samurai)

  21. European Contact • Christian missionaries started to come • First thought there to trade (convert) • Got involved with politics, did not honor traditions • Kicked out of Japan • Japanese Christians persecuted and Christianity is forbidden. • Japan closed off to all trade [except to the Dutch and Chinese]. • The Dutch were given one harbor. • Japan would continue, mostly shut-off from the rest of the world…

  22. Catholic Jesuits in Japan St. Francis Xavier[First Catholic Missionaries in Asia]

  23. First Christian Martyrs (1597): Shrine in NagasakiToday

  24. Osaka Castle

  25. Main Gate of Hiroshima Castle

  26. Caernorfon Castle, Wales

  27. Warwick Castle, England

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