Tokugawa rulers continued and expanded the educational and governmental changes that Hideyoshi had begun.
Japan History Timeline
By: Henry Renie
Tokugawa Shogunate Government and Society
The four major social classes were: warriors, farmers, artisans, or merchants.
Quiz
What kind of changes did the Shogunate expand and continue? *2 Answers
- Governmental
- Societal
- Naval
- Educational
Did you know?
Social mobility was seen as destabilizing.
Tokugawa Art and Learning Period
Warlords and Samurai supported and acted in the arts programs during the Edo Period.
Quiz
What two people important societal people were supporters of the Arts?
- Samurai
- Shogun
- Warlords
- Daiymo
Did you know?
Art was very important to daily life.
Art creativity did not come from the leaders. It came from the two lower classes in the Confucian social hierarchy, the artisans and merchants.
The Shogun was the top of the social class, therefore, controlling education.
Japanese Isolation
The Shogunate Isolated their home land of Japan from other outside countries because they chose to decline alliances keeping their country self-reliant.
Quiz
What was the isolation policy called?
- Shogunate
- Bill of Rights
- Constitution
- Kaikin