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JSC HISTORY The Tokugawa Shogunate Under Fire

JSC HISTORY The Tokugawa Shogunate Under Fire. Doyoung Park Osaka Gakuin University. Long peaceful period. Long peace since the Sengoku period Some rebels and peasant’s uprisings but generally in peace Development of culture and economy Peace conflicted with the shogunate’s nature

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JSC HISTORY The Tokugawa Shogunate Under Fire

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  1. JSC HISTORYThe Tokugawa Shogunate Under Fire Doyoung Park Osaka Gakuin University

  2. Long peaceful period • Long peace since the Sengoku period • Some rebels and peasant’s uprisings but generally in peace • Development of culture and economy • Peace conflicted with the shogunate’s nature • What is the role of samurai in the peaceful days? • How did they maintain the authority of the shogunate a military government?

  3. Image of violence ご威光 Authority of the Shogunate

  4. Nikko Toshogu 日光東照宮 • Shrine of Ieyasu

  5. Weakened Edo Soceity • Fallen authority of samurai • Ruined local economy

  6. Black Ship　黒船, 1852

  7. Black Ship Coming

  8. Helpless Shogunate • Shogunate surrendered to only 8 American battleships • Damaged charisma

  9. Another Black Ship

  10. Criticism • Shogunate’s leadership? • Future of Japan? • Sonojoi　尊王攘夷 • Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarians

  11. Sakurada Gate Incident 1860 • Ronin from Mito prefecture assassinated Ii Naoske, a senior chancellor of the shogunate

  12. Two Big Prefectures • Satsuma (Kagoshima) • Shimazu clan • Dozama prefecture • Biggest prefecture • Conquered Ryukyu (Okinawa) 1609 • Brown sugar

  13. Atsuhime 篤姫、2008 NHK

  14. Two Big Prefectures • Choshu prefecture (Yamaguchi) • Dozama prefecture • Became rich through contraband trade • Anti-shogunate • Sent samurai students to America

  15. 1836-1867 Came from Tosa (Kochi) Trade company Kaientai (海援隊) Made Satsuma and Choshu ally Sakamoto Ryoma

  16. Pro-Shogunate • Shinsengumi 新撰組

  17. Choshu VS Shogunate 1866 • Victory of Choshu • End of the shogunate’s authority • Satsuma + Choshu • Supported the imperial court

  18. Rise of Meiji Emperor

  19. Boshin War • Anti-shogunate allies under the name of the emperor

  20. The last shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu Returning political power to the imperial court The Tokugawa clan disappeared Taiseihokan 大政奉還 1867

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