Edo Period
This period of Japanese history lasted from 1600 to 1868.
What is the Edo (Tokugawa) Period?
Daimyo had to leave these people in Edo as "guests of the shogun."
Who are their family members?
Membership in each social class was determined by this.
What is heredity (birth)?
This warrior class was highly respected and was the only group allowed to carry swords.
Who are the Samurai?
This Chinese scholar influenced Japanese ideas about duty and proper behaviour.
Who is Confucius?
This city, now called Tokyo, was the capital during the Edo Period.
Edo
The shogun placed loyal daimyo beside daimyo whose loyalty he questioned in order to do this.
What is keep watch on them (monitor them)?
This group sat at the top of Japanese society but had little real power.
Who is the Emperor?
A samurai without a master was called this.
a ronin
This ritual act was considered an honourable way for samurai to take their own lives.
What is Seppuku?
This man became shogun in 1603 after defeating rival daimyo.
Who is Tokugawa Ieyasu?
These areas of land controlled by daimyo were known by this term.
What are domains?
There were this many rules regulating dress in Edo Japan.
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These people were considered important because they produced the food that sustained society.
Who are Peasants (Farmers)?
According to Confucianism, society would have this if everyone accepted their duties and obligations.
What is peace and order?
Before the Edo Period, Japan experienced this condition for nearly 100 years.
What is constant warfare (civil war)?
The shogunate controlled important matters such as foreign trade and these relationships.
What are foreign relations?
People could not officially move up the social hierarchy, but some improved their position through hard work, talent, or this.
wealth
Although highly skilled, these workers ranked below peasants because they did not produce raw materials.
Who are Artisans?
Groups of five families organized to help maintain order were called this.
What is a Goningumi?
Although this person was technically the ruler of Japan, the shogun held the real power.
Who is the Emperor?
The cost of maintaining two homes was intended to prevent daimyo from doing this.
What is challenging or rebelling against the shogun?
The rigid social structure was designed to help the shogun do this.
maintain control
This group was officially at the bottom of the social order because they did not produce anything themselves.
Who are Merchants?
Everyone in a goningumi could face punishment if one member did this.
What is disobeying, showing disrespect, or failing to work hard?