1. Japan Returns to Isolation
Chapter 3
Section 3

2. I. A New Feudalism Under Strong Rulers A. Local Lords Rule
1. Civil war shattered the feudal system this sent Japan into chaos
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 Rulers B. New Leaders Restore Order
1. Oda Nubunaga
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, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, 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 Hideyoshi controlled most of Japan and tried to continue into Korea, but after he died, the troops were withdrawn.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 Rulers C
I. A New Feudalism Under Strong Rulers C. 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 Japan A. 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 Japan A. 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 Japan A. 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 Japan B. 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!
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