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Chapter 19 Section 3 Japan Returns to Isolation

Daimyo Oda Nobunaga Toyotomi Hideoyshi Tokugawa Shogunate Haiku Kabuki Key Terms

1467-1568 know as Sengoku (warring states) Samurai seized control of old feudal estates Daimyo-Warrior chieftain new lords Resembled European feudalism Local Lords Rule

Built fortified castles Created small armies on horses (samurai) Later introduced foot soldiers with muskets Fought for territory Local Lords Rule

Oda Nobunaga-defeated rivals and seized capitol Kyoto 1568 “Rule the empire by force” Nobunaga’s soldiers with muskets crush samurai force (first use of firearms) New leaders Restore Order

Could not unify all of Japan Toyotomi Hideoyshi conquered al of Japan Invaded Korea in 1592 Hideoyshi died 1559 and his troops withdrew from Korea New Leaders Restore Order

Unified Japan in 1600 Had loyalty of Daimyo throughout Japan 3 years later became sole leader of Japan Moved capitol to Edo became Tokyo Governed at a local level Tokugawa Shogunate Unites Japan

Required daimyo to spend every other year in the capitol When they returned to their lands they left family in capitol (hostages to prevent rebellion) Rule of law became rule of sword Tokugawa Shogunate Unites Japan

On his deathbed asked sons to Take care of the people Strive to be virtuous Never neglect to protect the country This rule brought welcome order to Japan Tokugawa Shogunate Unites Japan

Japan enjoyed two and half centuries of stability Society was very structured Ruler was a shogun supreme military commander Life in Tokugawa Japan

Shogun Daimyo- powerful landholding samurai Samurai warriors Peasants and artisans 4/5ths of population Merchants at the bottom Became more important as the economy expanded Life in Tokugawa Japan

Confucian values influenced society Depended on agriculture not merchants Peasants and farmers had the main tax burden Many left farms for town life Society in Tokugawa Japan

Attended ceremonial noh dramas Tales of ancient warriors Hung pictures of a classical literature scenes Haiku-3 line verse poetry Presents images rather than ideas Culture under the Tokugawa Shogunate

16 century during the warring states Welcomed traders and missionaries from Portugal Within a century Europeans had worn out their welcome Contact Between Europe and Japan

1543 first encounter with Europeans Portugal hoped to be part of the Japan, China, and Southeast Asia trade Brought clocks, eyeglasses, tobacco, firearms, and unfamiliar items to Japan Portugal Sends Ships, Merchants and Technology to Japan

Daimyo welcomed the strangers Interested in muskets and cannons Japanese purchased weapons from Portugal Firearms changed a time honored tradition of the use of the sword Portugal Sends Ships, Merchants, and Technology to Japan

Many samurai retained the sword Built fortified castles to withstand the cannons Castles attracted merchants and artisans Portugal Sends Ships, Merchants, and Technology to Japan

1549 missionaries started to arrive Religious orders of Jesuits came to convert the Japanese Francis Xavier-Jesuit led the first mission Baptized about 100 converts before he left Christian Missionaries in Japan

1600 300,0000 Japanese had been converted Success upset Tokugawa Ieyasu Found Christian invasion troublesome They scorned traditional Japanese beliefs Christian Missionaries in Japan

Feared driving off the European traders would hurt Japan’s economy 1612 there was religious uprisings Christianity was banned Christian Missionaries in Japan

1637 30,000 peasants led by a samurai So many rebels were Christian Started to persecute Christians All Japanese were forced to show faith to a branch of Buddhism Christian Missionaries in Japan

Persecution of Christians was to control foreign ideas Valued European trade but not ideas 1639 sealed Japan’s borders “closed country policy” The Closed Country Policy

Nagasaki was the only port opened to foreign ships Only Dutch and Chinese merchants allowed Tokugawa shoguns had a monopoly on trade 200 years Japan remained closed Japan in Isolation

Japanese were forbidden to leave and bring back new ideas Developed into a self sufficient country Europeans met with resistance to open the East to trade Expansion to the west was more profitable (Americas) Japan in Isolation