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Feudal Japan: The Tokugawa & Samurai

Feudal Japan: The Tokugawa & Samurai. Global History I: Spiconardi. The Samurai. Bushido  The way of the warrior Code of conduct for the samurai Any samurai who violated this code was expected to commit seppuku

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Feudal Japan: The Tokugawa & Samurai

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  1. Feudal Japan: The Tokugawa & Samurai Global History I: Spiconardi

  2. The Samurai • Bushido  The way of the warrior • Code of conduct for the samurai • Any samurai who violated this code was expected to commit seppuku • Seppuku  ritual suicide in which a samurai disembowels himself (a.k.a. hara-kiri)

  3. The Tokugawa Shogunate • Comes to power in 1603 and reigns over a 265 year period of peace • Forced all the warring daimyo to live in the capital city of Edo (Tokyo) • Any daimyo who left Edo was required to have their family remain

  4. Toku-GO-AWAY! • Isolation • Tokugawa distrusted foreigners • Banned all western merchants • Prohibited Japanese from traveling abroad • Caused increase in internal trade • Merchants gradually gain influence in feudal society

  5. Tokugawa Shogunate • Cultural Developments • Kabuki Form of theatre in which actors wore bright & colorful costumes • Originally only women performed • Became so popular men wanted in and banned women • Haiku Form of poetry in which the verse usually contains a 17-mora verse • Tōkyō (to-o-kyo-oとうきょう),

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