EAS100Y1 Lecture Notes - Fubu, Toyotomi Hideyori, Edo Period
Document Summary
Early modern (1568-1868) 1868 when tokugawa shogunate ends. Tokugawa period (1608-1868) began when the tokugawa shogunate actually began with tokugawa ieyasu; when the actual system of power changed. Edo period (1616-1868) geographical explanation; when center of power/location of power moved from. When the edo period began there were 30 million people in japan in 1616 large # of people living in a small place. Has no hokkaido or okinawa smaller japan than today. Unification of japan began with oda nobunaga. Born in 1534 regional lord; he came from nagoya; poor family. He was born in the midst of the warring states period war lasted for 100 years. Warring states began with ashikaga and their problems with succession leading to civil war in the country. By the time nobu comes along, warring has consolidated to several larger areas that were warring across the country by the mid-16th c. , only a few daimyos survived ceaselessly struggling for power across the country.
