HIST 110B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Toyotomi Hideyori, Pacific Fleet (Russia), Meiji Period
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Figure head, has no political power or military power. Japan"s main islands are divided into 66 provinces. Collected taxes, enforced laws, built stuff (roads, bridges), required to serve in shogun"s army when called samurai. Performed the same duties are the daimyos bushido code. Cowardice = dishonor you and your family. No getting captured by enemy -> suicide before capture. By 1582 he conquered half of japan. Was successful because he was ruthless and realized the potential of new military technology (europeans had brought weapons to japan (rifles/cannons) and nobunaga was the first few to accept using it) All the other daimyo didn"t use it until later on because they believed it was cowardly. By the time they started using it, nobunaga was already too powerful. When nobunaga kills the last shogun, he didn"t take the title but he did rule until a rebellion occurred. Oda nobunaga was forced to commit suicide after a daimyo rose up and rebelled.
