chapter-13

Chapter 13Vocabulary

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what is Seppuku?

•Ritual suicide performed in Japan as an honorable

alternative to humiliation and public shame.

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what is Filial Piety?

Faithfulness and devotion to one’s parents.

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what is Ethical Codes?

Rules about right and wrong behavior.

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what is Outcasts?

Japanese people who were shunned or ignored by other classes because of the type of work they did.

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what is Confucianism?

The teachings of the Chinese scholar Confucius.

jots notes

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How the Shogun Maintained Power?

1. Alternate Attendance (Sankin-kotai)

   • Daimyo had to live in Edo every second year.

   • Maintaining two homes and moving was expensive - less money to rebel.

   • Families stayed in Edo as “hostages” if a daimyo rebelled, family could be killed.

2. Sharing Power: Bakuhan System

   • Shogunate (central government) = national control (trade, military).

   • Daimyo - local control (laws, taxes).

3. Strict Laws

   • Regulated dress, marriage, responsibilities.

   • Daimyo paid for roads - wealth restriction.

   • Punishments were harsh for breaking laws. 

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what Edo is called today? what Edo is called today who ruled during this time? the difference between the emperor’s role and the shogun’s power? who Tokugawa Ieyasu was and why he was important?

Edo Period (1600–1868)

• Edo - present-day Tokyo.

• Rulers: Tokugawa Shoguns held real power. The Emperor was mostly symbolic.

• Tokugawa Ieyasu: defeated rival daimyo and generals; became shogun in 1603. Goal: centralize power and control the daimyo.

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Women in Edo Society how responsibilities were determined differences between upper-class and rural women the rights women did and did not have?

• Responsibilities tied to class.

• Samurai women: raise children with proper samurai upbringing.

• Rural women: more freedom, worked in fields and home.

• Women had no legal existence, could not own property.