HIST-100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Francis Xavier, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Toyotomi Hideyoshi
22 Jun 2018
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Cultural Foundations of Japan
•Ujj - the clan
•Prominence of women, matriarchal families
•Shinto - the way of the Gods
•Kami - divine spirit
•Shinto Shrine - does not have a detailed theoretical principle like Islam, just worships things
like nature and their surroundings
Chinese influence:
•adopted in the 5th century
•Chinese and Japanese - very different language - technical difficulties between the two
→ had to learn chinese first, then japanese and had to learn how to write both languages
•Confucianism: heaven, harmony, worship of ancestors, cult of family (filial piety)
→ every family had a special place where they worshipped their ancestors
•Chinese : idea of mandate of heaven - the imperial family comes into power because they have
mandate of heaven since heaven trusted them with this power
•political ideals (not the Mandate of heaven)
•Administrative division: Japan was divided into provinces, prefectures and sub prefectures
•Buddhism - many buddhists came to Japan to study the scriptures of their religion
Tokugawa Japan: Political Foundations
•early 17th Century - early 1600’s
•Warring States Era (1467-1600):
→ 1467: conflict over the next Ashikaga Shogun led to collapse of central authority
→ Wars between daimyo, local lords and samurai strongmen
→ Japan was in turmoil for 100 years
→ Castles and castle towns were built
→ Growing numbers of samurai
→ They didn’t have to pay taxes, so were able to spend more money on military
→ Commercial growth
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Document Summary
Chinese influence: adopted in the 5th century, chinese and japanese - very different language - technical difficulties between the two. Had to learn chinese first, then japanese and had to learn how to write both languages: confucianism: heaven, harmony, worship of ancestors, cult of family (filial piety) Tokugawa japan: political foundations: early 17th century - early 1600"s, warring states era (1467-1600): 1467: conflict over the next ashikaga shogun led to collapse of central authority. Wars between daimyo, local lords and samurai strongmen. Japan was in turmoil for 100 years. They didn"t have to pay taxes, so were able to spend more money on military. Christianity and expulsion of foreigners: japan"s christian century - japanese thought of them as barbaric. How was the tokugawa shogunate created: oda nabunaga (1534-82) - very friendly with the christians. Killed by his own general: toyotomi hideyoshi (1536-98) Sword hunt; started off in the military. Peasant families were tied to land; forbidden to own any weapons.
