The Tokugawa Shogunate's Control Of Medieval Japan

From 1450 to 1750, both Russia and Tokugawa Japan faced incoming influence from western Europe. They handled this in both similar and different ways in the aspects of culture, government, and global interaction.

The Feudal Period in Japan ended in a decline of central power, which led to the centralized feudal system of government in the Tokugawa Period in late 1500. There were three main leaders who helped reunite Japan including Oda Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Oda Nobunaga was successful to an extent, but was not successful in uniting the entire country. After the country once again became reunited from Tokugawa Ieyasu, a second wave of cultural diffusion occurred from the Europeans. They introduced guns and Christianity in early 1600.

There are many similarities between the social structures of feudal Europe and shogunate Japan. However, there are a few key differences in how they operate. Feudal Europe's monarch was a political leader, like Japan's shogun, however the Emperor was a religious leader, similar to the Pope. In both structures the nobles (Europe) and Daimyos (Japan) employ warriors to manage

It was during the Edo period, also known as the Tokugawa period (1600 - 1868) when Japan made the decision to isolate itself from the rest of the world. The Japanese believed any contact with the outside world would contaminate and disrupt their strictly organized society, which was why they limited their contact with other civilizations. This period of isolation led to many factors such as, no warfare or exchange with other countries. This also meant that there was not any influence from different cultures, knowledge, or economy. For most of the Edo period, Japan was a peaceful place with happy people.

Medieval Europe and Tokugawa Japan have many similarities to the way that they run their kingdom. These include that they both use castle's e But they also have many differences. These differences include the soldier system which is the Knights vs the samurais. The class system for Medieval Europe which goes King, Barons,Knight, peasant and the Tokugawa era which goes Emperor, Shogun, Daimyo, Farmers, Artisans, Merchants.

Ieyasu's successor differed from him in his position of foreign influence. Iemitsu Tokugawa started his reign in 1633 and forbade Japanese citizens from leaving Japan to travel abroad. He went as far as isolating Japan in 1639 by limiting trade to China and the Netherlands.

Feudalism in Japan and Europe are different. Although feudalism arose because both societies were in need for security and stability, feudalism in Japan arose because of civil rivalry while feudalism in Europe arose because of invasions. The systems were the same because the lords had to lessen their responsibilities and required armies to protect them. Trust was needed between lords and their

Medieval Japan started in 1185 AD and ended in 1868 AD, this time included the Kamakura, Ashikaga, Sengoku-Jidai and the Tokugawa periods. Medieval Europe started with the Early Middle Ages in 476 CE, the High Middle Ages from 1000 to 1300 CE and the Late Middle Ages from 1300 CE to around 1500 CE. In the Japanese bakufu system, the emperor was the highest position then the shogun, daimyo, samurai, peasants, artisans and merchants. On the other hand, Medieval Europe’s highest social class was the pope then king, barons & archbishops, knights, craftsmen, farmers and at the bottom was the peasants. The purpose for feudalism in these times was to give order, it's also helped with protection, wealth,

He founded a dynasty of military rulers called the Tokugawa Shoguns. This began a time of peace and isolation in Japan lasting from 1603 to 1867 (Japan and the West Slideshow). After the Tokugawa shoguns gained power, they reimposed centralized feudalism, closed Japan to foreigners, and forbade Japanese to travel overseas (Japan Modernizes). From then on for more than 200 years, Japan developed in isolation. By the 1800s, discontent was felt all throughout Japan.

The samurai were the feudal warriors of ancient Japan. For thousands of years they upheld the code of bushido, the way of the warrior. Samurai were around for thousands of years, but when did they disappear? Does the code of bushido still exist to this day? Exploring the history of the samurai will give an explanation to what has happened to these formidable warriors.

The Japanese and European feudal systems such as hierarchies and status, although there were many similarities many differences took part over the time in the Japanese and European time line. Japanese feudalism had some key differences to European feudalism in terms of social structure. The status and power of all roles in bother European and Japanese feudalism was very important and leaving a position for a higher role was quite hard.

To back up my first statement, the Shogunate’s had many large armies around Japan, this did help the Shogunate’s protect their land from the Mongol Empire, who at the time were one of the biggest empires in the world. This compared to the puny Polynesian armies which mostly consisted of twenty to thirty warriors from different tribes on the islands. These small armies could never put up such a fight like the Shogunate’s did and also win. The Polynesian would of been finished as quick as a fire spreading through a dried out forest. The Shogunate armies consisted of about 5,000 to 10,000 footman and cavalry, this let the Shogunate’s attack from different angles and fight in different terrains which helped let them win their wars. The Polynesian’s

The death of emperor Hideyoshi and subsequent ascension to the throne of Hideyori in 1598 set into motion events that would alter the political landscape in Japan for the next two hundred and fifty years. Tokugawa Ieyasu, in his quest to become absolute ruler of Japan defeated Hideyori loyalists in the battle of Sekigahara and was appointed Shogun by Hideyori in 1603. This military “coup d’état” effectively gave Tokugawa complete control of Japan and reduced the emperor to little more than a figurehead in the governing of Japan. As history would show, the feudal system of government that Tokugawa created ultimately led to

Shogun Tokugawa lemitsu recruited the highly trained Koga-ryu ninja to attack the Christian rebels who were led by Amakusa Shiro who made their final stand at Hara castle, in Hizen province. The rebels were attacked by the Ninjas because in the dead of night the ninja would climb up the castle walls and attack them in the middle of night when they cant be seen by the rebels and before sunrise would steal back down the walls and back to their encampment. Then the ninjas had a sneaking suspicion that the rebels were running low on resources so they would infiltrate the castle in the dead of night and steal the remaining resources that they owned. Soon the Christian rebels were starving in there own castle.

The Tokugawa period, also called the Edo period was the time when Japan was when the formation of Japan's religion and religious practices became framed as the structure it exists today. At the time, the Tokugawa Bakufu took control of everything that existed in the country, including the religions (Williams, 188). The shogun, who was the most powerful leader suppressed the religious freedom of the citizens and worked on exterminating any religions that the shogun (or the Bakufu) rationalized to be a threat to the stability of its power and authority. During this time, there were many religions that were practiced by the people both openly and covertly based on their faiths. From the environment that the believers were placed in, several variations