1. Japan Returns to Isolation

2. New Feudalism Strong leaders emerge 1467 to 1568 civil war
Time of “Warring States”
Daimyo lords in new feudal system
Warrior Chieftains
Emperor is a figurehead
No real power
Daimyo build armies
Mounted samurai
Gun-bearing infantry
Strong leaders emerge
Oda Nobunaga seizes capital of Kyoto 1568
Tries to eliminate rivals and Buddhist monasteries
Commits suicide when ally turns against him

3. Tokugawa Shogunate unifies Japan
Toyotomi Hideyoshi takes command
Nobunaga’s best general
Finishes Nobunaga’s work
By 1590 controls most of Japan
Tries to invade Korea
Tokugawa Ieyasu assumes control
Hideyoshi’s biggest daimyo ally
Defeated enemies and unifies Japan
Battle of Sekigahara
Names himself shogun
Sole ruler
Moves capital to Edo (Tokyo)
Establishes Tokugawa Shogunate
Controls Japan from 1603 to 1867

4. Society in Tokugawa Japan
200 years of peace, prosperity and cultural growth
Kept daimyo under control
Required to spend every other year in capital
Families stayed in Capital
“alternative attendance policy”
Rule of law overcame rule of sword
Life of peasants
Miserable because of high taxes and hard work
Merchants prospered as economy grew
Confucian influence
Believed society depended on agriculture
By mid-1700’s people headed towards cities

5. Culture under Tokugawa Shogunate
Traditional culture thrives
Samurai enjoyed noh dramas
Tragic themes, tales of ancient warriors
Haiku popular among townspeople
Three unrhymed lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables
Kabuki challenges traditional entertainment
Theater about urban life
Music, dance, mime and elaborate costumes

6. Contact between Europe and Japan
1540’s European traders begin arriving
Welcomed by Japanese
European firearms change society
Lords built fortified castles

7. Christianity in Japan 1549 Missionaries began arriving
By ,000 Japanese converted
Tokugawa Ieyasu feared rising religion
Didn’t want to scare off Europeans
1612 banned Christianity
1616 rebellion
Many Christians and Samurai involved
All Japanese required to demonstrate faithfulness to Buddhism

8. Closed Country Policy Persecution of Christians Japanese leaders
Control foreign ideas
Japanese leaders
Wanted trade
Not ideas and ways
Closed Country Policy
Sealed Japan’s borders
Only one port opened to limited trade
Nagasaki
Only Dutch and Chinese traders
Japanese could not leave
For 200 years Japan developed in isolation

9. Bookwork
SB pg. 109
Pg. 113 #1-8

10. Quiz A

11. 1 - What term describes the dynasty of shoguns that ruled a unified Japan from 1603 to 1867, and enjoyed more than two centuries of stability, prosperity and isolation?

12. 2 - According to Confucius, the ideal society depended on what, but by the mid-1700s many people abandoned farm life and headed to cities?

13. 3 - What term describes a Japanese form of poetry, consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables?

14. 4 - Japanese merchants, eager to expand their markets, were happy to receive Portuguese sailors and their goods, but what forever changed the tradition of the Japanese warrior and led to daimyos building fortified castles?

15. 5 - The emphasis on tradition and culture in early modern China produced little creativity but provided a sense of what in a time of change that helped unify Chinese society?

16. 6 - Which Chinese dynasty ( ) was a dominant power and would not allow outsiders from distant lands to threaten the peace and prosperity they brought to China following the end of Mongol Rule?

17. 7 - Although Chinese merchants in the 1500s smuggled cargos of silk, porcelain and other valuable goods out of the country and into Europe, China’s official trade policy reflected what position?