HIST 2910 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Yukio Mishima, Seppuku, Edo Period
20 Apr 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Yamato people: originated from japan; no immigrants or migrants. Edo: massive city run by the shogun; present-day tokyo; 80% male. Installed feudalism that political analysts refer to as centralized feudalism different from european feudal system (many systems of power) Shogun = general (dates back to 1192); supreme ruler of japanese feudalism. Bakufu: military government small group of the most important daimyo; in charge alongside the shogun; controlling the 3 daimyo groups (shimpan, fudai, and. Daimyo: 10,000 + koku lords; direct vessels of the shogun (think pyramid: emperor, shogun, daimyo) Shimpan: related relatives to the tokugawa; lived in the edo (tokyo) plains. Fudai: allies before 1603 allied alongside the tokugawa family prior to the revolution. Sankin kotai: alternate attendance all the daimyo had to spend every other year in. Edo; wife and heir had to be left in their homes; shogun had control over the household; contributed to the amount of men in edo. Outcasts working with leather, butchers, shoe-makers, basket-makers.
