HIST 80b Lecture 5: Edo Japan Lecture Notes
7 Feb 2017
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He created three categories of daimyo: shinpan (related), fudai (inside), and the tozama (outside). The bakufu sought to control the daimyo by creating these categories following the battle of sekigahara (1600). The five highways were invented to facilitate movement for commerce and the daimyo. The sankin kotai system was the system of alternate residence that forced the daimyo to commercially compete with each other (similar to king louis xiv at versailles). During the edo period, hokkaido was known as. In kyushu, several of the daimyo converted to catholicism after the arrival of the jesuits. Hideyoshi began the persecution of the christians (initially foreigners, but then later the. Religious icons were developed in kyushu, and christianity remained strong until the. The sakoku edicts were passed (1633 1639) requiring that the country be closed, and forbidding the return of those who left. Similar to the great sword hunt, officials went door to door mandating that everyone step on christian icons.
