Chapter 13, Lesson 1
Completion requirements
Unit 3
From Isolation to Adaptation
Lesson 1
How can military power and social structure be used to maintain control in a society?
- alternate attendance
- daimyo
- shogun
- shogunate
The Edo period in Japan evolved after years of almost constant battles among powerful landowners called daimyo.
One man, Tokugawa Ieyasu, became the most powerful man in Japan when he defeated the other daimyo. The emperor of Japan made Tokugawa Ieyasu the shogun, and the shogun held the power until the end of the Edo period.
Yomeimon Gate (Shogun leyasu's tomb)
During the Edo period, the shogun was even more powerful than the emperor was.
When Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated the other daimyo, everything changed in Japan.
When Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated the other daimyo, everything changed in Japan.
Statue of Shogun leyasu