101442 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Tokugawa Ieyasu, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Clan
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Week 12 tokugawa japan: tokugawa unification in late medieval japan marked by rise of regional feudal lords, Shogunate not in control of more than central japan, kyoto areas became independent under own daimyo (feudal lords), with their own fortified castles and armies. Japanese civil war after collapse of ashikaga rule (1573: ashikaga japan urban culture of kyoto surpassed chinese teachings, with steelmaking and production of fine swords; exported to east asia. Japan small size and population made easier development of national commercial system and strong semi-independent merchant group: foreign trade emphasized more than china and india. Ieyasu and his successors created relative stability and peace for the next 250 years, by enforcing a set of controls on society and political behaviour to repress change in. Gentleman warriors": firearms seen as disruptive and as making rebellion or disorder easier; successfully outlawed, making for two centuries free from guns.