EAS246H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Akechi Mitsuhide, Ashikaga Shogunate, Sengoku Period
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Kyoto emperor shogun daimyo samurai. The emperor has more authority but the shogun has more power so he can force the emperor to give him the power. The city of edo - headquarter of the government. He expanded the military control over areas to gain more control. Find way to rule more of the country. They had a lot of power since they had a lot of money in their temples. He took away the power from some buddhists. Destruction of temples - trapped everyone inside and burnt them. First group to arrive were the portuguese. They started with trade and eventually brought in the religion. However, power structure issue (the power of god) Individual aristocrats had monopoly over natural resources and information. To move more easily across the land. Remove or lower coastal checkpoints of goods (duty fees) Rice - measure the domain of production. 100,000 koku lord - his land produces 100,000 koku.
