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4 days ago · The growing influence of imperial loyalism, nurtured by years of peace and study, received support even within the shogunal camp from men such as Tokugawa Nariaki, the lord of Mito domain (han). Activists used the slogan “Sonnō jōi” (“Revere the emperor!
2 days ago · Japan - The Tokugawa status system: Thus, the bakuhan system was firmly solidified by the second half of the 17th century. The establishment of a strict class structure of warriors, farmers, artisans, and merchants (shi-nō-kō-shō) represents the final consummation of the system.
3 days ago · Japan - Bakuhan, Feudalism, Shogunate: The ancestors of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Edo bakufu, were the Matsudaira, a Sengoku daimyo family from the mountainous region of Mikawa province (in present Aichi prefecture) who had built up their base as daimyo by advancing into the plains of Mikawa.
4 days ago · When the Tokugawa shoguns took power, they were facing an acute scarcity of this essential resource: ancient woodlands had been so severely depleted – partly due to population growth – that there...
3 days ago · Events outside Japan in the seventeenth century emphasized the prudence of the Tokugawa seclusion. This was the Age of Expansion—and not just for Europeans. In China, the Ming Dynasty was coming to an end at the hands of the Manchus, people the Ming once ruled.
1 day ago · Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
1 day ago · 徳川 家康 （とくがわ いえやす、 旧字体 ： 德川 家康 ）は、 戦国時代 から 江戸時代 初期の 日本 の 武将 、 戦国大名 、 江戸幕府 初代 将軍 。 徳川氏 （ 将軍家 、 御三家 など）の祖。 三英傑 の1人に数えられる。 概要. 家系 は 三河国 の 国人 土豪 ・ 松平氏 の内、 安祥松平家 5代当主。 幼名は 竹千代 [5] 。 幼少期を 織田氏 ついで 今川氏 の下で人質として過ごし [5] 、諱は元服時に 今川義元 より 偏諱 を受けて 元信 （もとのぶ）、次いで 元康 （もとやす）と改め、 通称 は当初 次郎三郎 、元康に改名した際に 蔵人佐 を用いている [9] 。
