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Japan Under the Shogun: Power Dynamics of Feudal Japan

Explore the power struggles between the Emperor, Shogun, Daimyo, and other social classes in feudal Japan. Learn about strategies for maintaining control, Confucian influences, and the impact of first contact with the West.

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Japan Under the Shogun: Power Dynamics of Feudal Japan

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  1. Japan Under the Shogun Ms. Jeelani

  2. Japan • Edo Japan – 1600 – 1868 • Prior to 1600: constant warfare between Daimyo • Powerful landowners/nobles = daimyo

  3. Renaissance Europeans • Who held the power? • Was it the king or the nobles?

  4. Aztecs • Who had the ACTUAL power? • Was the it the emperor or the nobility and priests?

  5. Japan • Emperor – ruler • "shogun" is a title that was granted by the Emperor to the country's top military commander

  6. Japanese • Do you think the Emperor has the most power or the shogun?

  7. End of Chaos

  8. Tokugawa Ieyasu • becomes shogun in 1600 • Wants stable, long-lasting gov’t • His plan: • strong Shogunate • no one would dare challenge him • new strategies

  9. Strategies • Control the daimyo • Loyal lords = land + watch the lords he didn’t trust • Alternate Attendance • Sharing Power • Strict Laws Homework – Read page 285 and make notes on the different strategies. Quiz tomorrow.

  10. Feudal Society • Feudal systems are based on __________. Lords control it and collect ________ from __________ • Helped shogun maintain control • Social mobility: YES or NO

  11. Social Mobility • Rigid social structure • Hereditary – determined by birth • Can’t move up officially • Could improve situation and gain wealth through hard work + talent

  12. Social Hierarchy • Emperor • Nobility (Shogun, Daimyo) • Samurai • Artisans, Merchants, Women • Peasants • Outcasts

  13. Task • In your literature circle groups - Travel to each of the different classes in Edo Japanese social hierarchy and fill in the worksheet with notes from each page.

  14. Social Hierarchy • Emperor • Nobility (Shogun, Daimyo) • Samurai • Artisans, Merchants, Women • Peasants • Outcasts

  15. Confucius • Chinese scholar • His moral teachings were brought by Buddhist monks

  16. Confucism • Everyone had a place in society. • If everyone accepts their place = peace and order • if they don’t = chaos and suffering

  17. First Contact With West • The “Southern Barbarians” • Portuguese explorers = first contact • wrecked ship in 1543 • Wanted ideas of trading • Need to convert Japanese to Christianity

  18. New Kind of Belief Francis Xavier: arrived in 1549 convert the Upper classes Franciscan priests: middle and lower classes

  19. Japan Shinto Religion + Christianity • some similar ethical and moral beliefs • monotheism was new to the Japanese

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