Tokugawa Yoshinobu

Protest activity, prompted by prolonged inequality, arises from the frustrations of men who feel socio-economically disadvantaged and are displeased with the government’s approach towards society’s issues. The Tokugawa and Meiji periods encountered several instances of uprising amongst the peasantry—most notably those led by Oshio Heihachiro, Tanaka Shozo, and Sakura Sogoro. The story of Sakura Sogoro—a protest in which an archetypal heroic peasant martyr appealed directly to the elites in response to harsh taxes—acted as counter-mythistory as peasants used it as a tactic to control the ruling class; Oshio Heihachiro and Tanaka Shozo’s protests had similar underlying philosophies and method of appeal, but used different language and responded…

Saigō Takamori was born on on 1827/12/7 in the Castletown of Kagoshima, an isolated area within the Satsuma domain under the control of the Shimazu clan which had established themselves as the oldest living clan in Japan at the time of his birth. The Shimazu clan were of notable prestige in that they were the only clan that received foreign ambassadors in a time when, under the orders of the Tokugawa Shogunate (the shogunate was a council of military commanders led primarily by a single domain),…

Sankin kodai was a policy for all Daimyos must serve in the capital, which was Edo, for 80% of their time. All the daimyos had to have their wives and children stay in Edo as hostages so that the daimyos do not rebel against them. There were three types of classes of Daimyos. First one is called Shimpan. Shimpans were people with the name of Tokugawa. These Daimyos were given the land around the capital during this time, Edo. Second type of Daimyo was called Fudai. Fudai are usually army…

period. This change in Japan explain how a small island nation from extremely uninfluential to develope into a powerful nation, that can possibly take control over the world, and later shine in World War I and World War II. Japan during the middle of nineteenth century could be describes as a feudal state. This mean that Japan was not a united nation, instead Japan were ruled mostly by Shoguns and empires. The rest of the power were distributed to the daimyo, which means landlord in Japan.…

A revolution took place in the centuries from the time of the Kamakura shogunate, which existed with the Tenno's court, to the Tokugawa, when the bushi became the unchallenged rulers in what historian Edwin O. Reischauer called a "centralized feudal" form of government. Instrumental in the rise of the new bakufu was Tokugawa Ieyasu, the main beneficiary of the achievements of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Already powerful, Ieyasu profited by his transfer to the rich Kantō area. He…

Himeji-jo, or Himeji Castle, is a famous castle located in Himeji City of the Hyogo prefecture in Japan. It is considered to be one of the most well known pieces of architecture because of its unscathed appearance and well developed structure. Himeji-jo has a rich history of how it was constructed, which was initially built as a small fort by Akamatsu Norimura, along with surviving numerous battles against warring clans in Japan, bombardments from US planes, and hundreds of years of wear and…

Unifying Japan The United States implies unity, as a positive aspect of people’s lives, however in history the act of unifying individuals and places was not always done or perceived as positive. Japan exhibited a very suitable example of this. From the 1500s to the 1800s, Japan started to develop a central government. After years of civil war and instability through its territory, the shogun, a military general, began to enforce various edicts in an attempt to ensure unity and growth. These…

historical documents about ninja are few. In any event, in the Warring States period, Daimyos spent all their time in battles and they are believed to have permanently desired information of their enemies so it is no doubt then that ninjas behaved as spies. At that time, two ninjas, who can be called historical individuals, appeared. " Hattori Hanzo " and " Fuma Kotaro ". They achieved great results for their lords. Especially Hanzo, he served "Tokugawa, Ieyasu ", and Hanzo was given a big…

in every way. The castle would be 5 stories tall with 3 extra stories underground with Gold leafing on the sides of the tower was used to impress visitors. The main tower of the castle was built on two raised platforms of landfill and supported by sheer walls of cut rock, the technique used is called Burdock Piling. In 1585 the in Donjon was completed, Toyotomi continued to expand the castle making it even more and more formidable to attackers. The construction of Osaka Castle was completed in…

parent or adults says "life isn't fair". As a kid you might not realize the full understanding of that statement until later in life. Well for Asano, all i could tell him and his samurai is "life isn't fair". Lord Kira was a "high ranking of shogunate court ritual" which meant he meant more to the shogunate than Asano did. Another example to demonstrate fairness is sports. Referees always catch the second guy who is doing the pushing and shoving, and in the case of Asason versus Kira, Lord Asano…