HIST 218 Lecture Notes - Moneylender, Meiji Restoration, Edo Period

• School: McGill University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 218
• Professor: Gavin Walker

Document Summary

Jan. 16 social structure of tokugawa japan (1600-1867ish) Japan"s divergence from east asia: distance and social organization feudalism in east asia: is there a genuinely feudal system in 1600s- Warrior culture: imperial court distinctness drawn from closure to west and closure to trade strongly internalized cultural and economic patterns and norms focus: economic and social history of tokugawa feudalism. Tokugawa household rules central japan (approximately 25 per cent of the country), capital in edo (modern-day tokyo) however, it could not possibly govern without extremely careful means of surveying and keeping domains in line, due largely to geography of. Japan its not a unified state in terms of governance, nor even loyalty to. Tokugawa household like choson korea, the unevenness and fragmentary nature of. Japanese political structure during this time means that the semblance of stability disguises an extremely decentralized system domains of control by tokugawa: kyoto (seat of imperial household);