Jidai The Age of Warring States 14671573 Shoguns Too Lose Power Kamakura shogunate overthrown rivalries Two rival emperors New shogun clan Ashikaga unable to to be supreme ruler ID: 234651
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Sengoku Jidai
The Age of Warring States
1467-1573Slide2
Shoguns, Too, Lose Power
Kamakura
shogunate
overthrown – rivalries!
Two rival emperors
New shogun clan, Ashikaga, unable to
to
be supreme ruler
Onin
War 1467 Ashikaga shoguns lose control
“After the major battles the streets were choked with corpses , and cartloads of severed heads were collected as trophies.”
“Of the 142 daimyo families ruling in 1543, only 45 still held their position 30 years later.”Slide3
Ge
K
oku
Jo“Those Below Subjugating Those Above”
Three Shoguns
Re-Unify
JapanSlide4
Oda
Nobunaga 1534-1582
Leader of central province,
Owari
Unified 32 of 66 provinces under his control
Brilliant military leader
Surprise attacks, firearms
Ruthless to enemies
Buddhist temples and priests burned and destroyed
Trapped by traitor in 1582 and committed
seppukku
before reunification was completedSlide5
Toyotomi
Hideyoshi
1536-1598
Son of a peasant
Became ruler of all of Japan “
ge
koku
jo
”
Chief general of eastern Nobunaga army
Killed Nobunaga’s traitor, resumed
quest to unify Japan’s daimyo
More diplomatic, negotiated
Took 8 years to bring all 66 under a
feudal agreement
Tokugawa
Ieyasu
agreed to trade Kanto province for KyotoSlide6
Tokugawa Ieyasu 1603
Powerful daimyo under
Toyotomi
Hideyoshi
, one of most trusted generals!
Supposed to let son of TH inherit, declared war instead!
5 years of ruthless fighting later = Tokugawa
Ieyasu
controls all 66 daimyo of Japan, moves capital to Tokyo.
Eliminated Christianity
,
closed Japan to travel or trade, and made a 4-level social orderSlide7
Bushido
The Way of the Warrior
The Era of Samurai Peace
1603-1868Slide8
Daimyo and Samurai
Went from fighting to working as officials for the
Bakufu
Developed Bushido Code: stressed simplicity and total loyalty*
Daimyo ruled from castles as local governors, lower daimyo reported to them (mayors?) lesser samurai lived there reinforced law (police?)Slide9
Peasants/Merchants & Towns
Castles had towns grow around them
Attracted people like artisans and merchants
Twons
also grew along roads connecting townsMerchants became really richSamurai eventually supplanted by merchants!