Japan under the Shoguns

Japan under the Shoguns

1. Early Japan

   • Influence=Mainland Asia
   • Jomon Period
     • Nomadic
       • Fished
     • 'Cord marked'
     • c. 8000BCE- 300BCE
     • Pottery
   • Yayoi Japan
     • c. 300BCE- 300CE
     • Agriculture
     • Bronze, iron tools
     • Weave cloth
     • Wooden huts
     • Skills
       • Classed society
   • Heian Period
     • c. 794CE- 1185CE
     • Learning
       • Writing
       • Clothing
       • Art

2. Japanese Society

   • (1) Emperor
     • Power inherited
     • Sun Goddess
     • Power fluctuated
   • (1) Shogun
     • Military
     • Powerful
   • (2) Warrior Class
     • Daimyo
       • Emperor
     • Samurai
       • Only boys
       • Training
         • Shinto
         • Tea ceremony
       • Protected daimyo
       • Bushido
       • Weapons
   • (3) Peasants
     • 90%
     • Valued
     • Pay tax
   • (4) Artisans, Craftsmen
   • (5) Merchants
   • (6) Hinin and Ronin
     • Outcasts
     • Unclean jobs
     • Not part of society
   • Born into class
   • Family important
     • Confucianism

3. Belief

   • Buddhism
     • 6th century
     • Suffering
     • Zen Buddhism
   • Shinto
     • Kami
       • Nature
     • Folk-based
     • World around them
     • Samurai
   • Confucianism
     • 3rd century
     • Filial piety
     • Shaped society
   • Social, political structures
   • Understand
   • Ceremonies

4. Tokugawa Shogunate

   • Three unifiers
     • (1) Odo Nobunga
       • Control of area
     • (2) Toyotomi Hideyoshi
       • Census
       • Weapons confiscated
       • Class mobility forbidden
       • Christianity
       • Bubonic plague
     • (3) Ieyasu Tokugawa
       • Shogun
         • 30 years
     • Reunified Japan
   • Shogunate= shoguns 1 family
   • instability
     • Rules, restrictions
   • Start-1603
   • Reintroduced feudalism
   • create society,culture
   • Over 250 years
   • Society, culture

5. Origami

   • 6th century
   • Buddhist monks
   • Religious ceremony
     • Funeral
   • Ori=fold
   • Kami=paper

6. Role of Women

   • Respect
     • Property
     • Valued/Respected
   • Married to samurai
     • Loyalty, bravery, revenge
     • Respected
     • Responsiblities
       • Servants, supplies
       • Food, financial
       • Educated children
     • Weapons
   • Others
     • Obidient
     • Husband
       • Serve
       • Worship
       • Lord

7. Medieval period

   • 6/7 century-19 century
   • Heian-Tokugawa