HIS102Y1 Final: HIS107 Final Exam Notes.docx
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Tokugawa period (edo period) 1600-1868: edo becomes de facto political center of japan. 1614: ieyasu launches attack on hideyori, but truce declared: hideyori eventually commits suicide. Controlling daimyo (warlords: laws governing the military households. Can"t build any new castles or make repairs. Cannot marry without permission from shogun; stopping alliances through marriage: sankin kotai: alternate attendance. System where daimyo were obliged to spend every other year living in attendance in the capital of edo (now tokyo) Wife and children have to stay in edo all the time. Makes it very hard to stage a disruption, plus wife and children are held. Hostage in case you try to go against shogunate. Two classes of warlords: fudai daimyo; associated with tokugawa clan for generations, considered more trustworthy, tozama daimyo; warlords subdued in recent years. Thus, fudai keep an eye on tozama by having their lands surrounding the latter"s. About equal amounts of fudai and tozama in late 1600s.
