Tokugawa Flashcards
(15 cards)
what was the establishment of tokugawa shogunate reign like
-battle of sekigahara (victory of tokugawa ieyasu)
-ban on christianity
-codes for warrior households (legal framework to establish loyalty to shogunate)
what was the tokugawa/edo period known for ? (1600-1868)
-NO MAJOR REBELLIONS
-known as the great peace
-age of great prosperity and population growth
how did the tokugawa rule over the domains?
-three types of vassal (land owners: allied daimyo, tokugawa branch fams, outside daimyo)
-system of alternate attendance
-daimyo only allowed one castle, must ask for permission to do
repairs, forbidden from building large ships (monopolize on trade)
-tension between central gov (bakufu) and domains (han)
what was tokugawa economy like?
-cultivated land doubled
-common currency (coins)
-rise of urban commoner class (merchants)
-population doubled
-growth of commercial manufacturing
what was tokugawa ideology and religion like?
-buddhist institutions present but regulated
-neo-confucianism (ethical and moral reasoning)
what was tokugawa society and status like?
-4 ideal estates (scholar (samurai), peasant, craftsman, merchant)
-reality
1.Samurai
2. Merchant, craftsmen, peasants
what was the emergence of urban commoner class?
-linked cities and countryside
-manufacturing, storing, distribution, banking
development of self-conscious social class
- Cultural consumer
- Merchant values
what was edo culture and literacy like?
-printing (made learning accessible)
-commercialization of culture
-poetry and PUPPET THEATER
-PLEASURE QUARTER TALES
-different social classes encounter
-male dominant
-entertainments for sale
what was the genroku (1688-1704)(mid edo period)
-golden age of economic affluence and culture
what was yoshiwara?
-entertainment club
-pleasure quarters
-sexual entertainers, intellectuals,
artists, and performers
what were the Crisis and the reforms of the Kyoho Era (1716-1736)
-response to gap between social
ideals and socioeconomic realities
relaxation of Sankin kotai rules
raising taxes on domain lords and peasants
Formation and taxation of merchant guilds
Emphasis on spending cuts
Awarding stipends instead of rank to government officials
what was the Mid to late Tokugawa ideology
-Sonno Joi : Revere the sovereign and expel barbarians
what were the Economic problems of late tokugawa
-Kansei Reforms lowered rice prices, rent control, restrictions on merchant guilds, freezing of foreign policy
Samurai high status at odds with poor circumstances
Tempo reform banned luxury goods and entertainment
What was the opening to Japan to trade like
-1858 Commercial Treaty signed with united states
-Opening of ports causes inflation and more economic hardship
What was the end of Tokugawa shogunate like
1860s widespread unrest
Movements to expel “barbarians” westerners
1868 Meiji Restoration
