Asia for Educators: Primary Sources on Medieval Japan
Scroll down to the heading 1450-1750
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General
StoryMaps: How was the Tokugawa Shogunate able to establish and maintain control over Japanese society?
Tokugawa Period
Article from database 'World History in Context', by Gale.
Oxford University Press: Japan Under the Shoguns
Society and economy
Chapter 4 from 'Handbook of life in medieval and early modern Japan'
Daimyo
Restrictions on the Daimyo
From 'Oxford Big Ideas', by Maggy Saldais and others, Oxford, 2012. (Useful infographic)
Britannica: The Bakuhan (Tokugawa) System
Japan under the Shogun - Daimyo
Colorado University: Tokugawa Essay
New World Encyclopedia: Daimyo
Scroll down to 'Daimyo in the Edo Period'
NakasendoWay: Tokugawa Political System
Scroll down to Paragraph 8 for information on the Daimyo.
Thought.Co: Japan's Alternate Attendance System
Khan Academy: The Third Warrior Government: the Tokugawa Shogunate of The Edo Period (1615–1868)
Scroll down to the 3rd heading.
Khan Academy: Tokugawa Shogunate
Scroll down to 'Society under the Tokugawa Shogunate' for information on the Daimyo.
Tokugawa Period: World History in Context database article
Samurai
Britannica: Samurai - Japanese warrior
World History Encyclopedia: Samurai
Scroll down to the heading 'Development and Status', and read the paragraph that begins 'It was not until the Edo period (1603-1868) that a fully standardised system of status and rankings developed for samurai...'
Peasants/Farmers
PBS: Farmers in Tokugawa Japan
Prezi Presentation: Shogunate Peasants
Grips: Pre-conditions for industrialisation in Japan
Scroll down to 'Agriculture'.
Thought.co: Shogunate Peasants
Sidmartin Bio: What rights did peasants have in Shogunate Japan?
Christians
BBC News: The Japanese Christians forced to trample on Christ
Japan Luggage Express: Why did Japan outlaw Christianity in the 1640s?
New World Encyclopedia: Christianity in Japan
Jesuits.org: 'Silence' - the true story of the Jesuits in Japan
PRIMARY SOURCE: Edict of the Tokugawa Shogunate - Christianity
Samurai warriors emerged as an elite force in Japan's provinces during the early 10th century. Recruited by local chieftains, these fighting forces were maintained long enough to wage a specific war, after which the soldiers would return to their lands to till the soil. With Japan's emperor living in the ancient capital of Kyoto and unable to maintain control of the provinces, the samurai clans established themselves as viable political entities. By the late 12th century, samurai lords ruled both the provinces and central Japan. They maintained their influence until the mid-1870's when the samurai class was outlawed and their privileged status was dissolved.
General
Training and Code of Behaviour (Bushido)
Weapons and Armour
Battle Tactics
If religion defined half of daily life in the Edo Period, art defined the other half. The defined power of warlords and their samurai created a social obligation to act as a patron of the arts. A strong economy also made many arts more affordable to the growing merchant class. A focus on discipline and perfection, in all aspects of life that defined courtly behavior, motivated artists. Wealthy samurai put lots of effort into the arts, which was reflected in their ornately designed armour.
All in all, art thrived in the Edo Period. This was when the formal tea ceremony was standardized. Samurai armor reached new levels of exquisite craftsmanship. Poetry, and other intellectual arts, became among the most important parts of a child's education.
From https://study.com/academy/lesson/tokugawa-shogunate-religion-and-art.html
PRIMARY SOURCES
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