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Japan Returns to Isolation

Japan Returns to Isolation. Chapter 3 Section 3. I. A New Feudalism Under Strong Rulers A. Local Lords Rule. 1. Civil war shattered the feudal system this sent Japan into chaos 1467-1568 This time period was called Sengoku, meaning ‘Warring States’. I. A New Feudalism Under Strong Rulers.

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Japan Returns to Isolation

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  1. Japan Returns to Isolation Chapter 3 Section 3

  2. I. A New Feudalism Under Strong RulersA. Local Lords Rule • 1. Civil war shattered the feudal system this sent Japan into chaos • 1467-1568 This time period was called Sengoku, meaning ‘Warring States’

  3. I. A New Feudalism Under Strong Rulers • 2. Powerful Samurai seized control and offered peasants protection for loyalty • These samurai chieftains were known as Daimyo, meaning ‘great name.’

  4. A. Local Lords Under Strong Rulers • 3. The Daimyo built castles and created small armies like the European feudal system

  5. I. A New Feudalism Under Strong RulersB. New Leaders Restore Order • 1. OdaNubunaga • Brutal , ambitious leader who defeated his rivals and took control of the capital city: Kyoto • His motto was, “Rule the empire by force.”

  6. B. New Leaders Restore Order • 2. He did not unify Japan and committed seppuku: ritual suicide after his general turned on him

  7. B. New Leaders Restore Order • 3. His best general, ToyotomiHideyoshi, continued the mission. • 4. Hideyoshi controlled most of Japan and tried to continue into Korea, but after he died, the troops were withdrawn.

  8. I. A New Feudalism Under Strong RulersC. Tokugawa Shogunate Unites Japan • 1. Tokugawa Ieyasu unites Japan in 1600 • 2. Shogun’s held power until 1867

  9. C. Tokugawa Shogunate Unites Japan • 3. Ieyasu tamed the Daimyo through his ‘alternate attendance policy’ • They would spend alternate years living in the capital while their families were held in Edo .

  10. II. Life in Tokugawa JapanA. Society in Tokugawa Japan • 1. Japan had 250 years of prosperity under the Tokugawa Shoguns • 2. Rank in society was as follows: • Emperor (figurehead) • Shogun (actual ruler) • Daimyo (landholding samurai) • Samurai warriors • Peasants • Merchants Japanese writing meaning “prosperity”

  11. II. Life in Tokugawa JapanA. Society in Tokugawa Japan • 3. They followed the teaching of Confucius: • Agriculture is more valued than commerce • For this reason, peasants had high taxes and the hardest life

  12. A. Society in Tokugawa Japan • 4. By the 1700s Japan was becoming an urban society as people moved into cities.

  13. II. Life in Tokugawa JapanA. Society in Tokugawa Japan • 5. Women were expected to • Work in the fields • Manage the household • Care for children • Obey their husband

  14. II. Life in Tokugawa JapanB. Culture Under the Tokugawa Shogunate • 1. Samurai would attend ceremonial dramas called ‘noh.’ • These were based on tragic themes.

  15. B. Culture Under the Tokugawa Shogunate • 2. New Cultural styles began to take the place of traditional art: • Haiku poetry 5-7-5 • Kabuki theater. This used elaborate costumes, music and dance about modern life.

  16. A Haiku I Made Up! On a learning scale Those who work hard will not fail This is no tall tale

  17. A Haiku Someone Else Made Up! Arrest Attention Arouse Curiosity Start Conversation Scott Anderson

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