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Rulers and ranking in the Tokugawa society. 

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Rulers and ranking in the Tokugawa society. 

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Ieyasu became the sole ruler, or shogun. After His victory against his rivals at the Battle of Sekigahara earned him the loyalty of daimyo throughout Japan.

society was very structured in Tokugawa.

- The emperor had the top rank but was just a figurehead for the country .
- The actual ruler was the shogun, who was the supreme military commander.
- Daimyo, the powerful landholding samurai.
- Samurai warriors came next.
- The peasants and artisans followed next
- Merchants were at the bottom,

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Ieyasu feared driving off the Portuguese, English, Spanish, and Dutch traders who spurred Japan’s economy. By 1612, the shogun had come to fear religious uprisings more. He banned Christianity and focused on ridding his country of all Christians.

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The Japanese first encountered Europeans in 1543, when Portuguese sailors washed up on the shores of southern Japan. Portuguese merchants soon followed. They hoped to involve themselves in Japan’s trade with China and Southeast Asia. The Portuguese brought clocks, eyeglasses, tobacco, firearms, and other unfamiliar items from Europe.

The firearms/muskets improved the military and abled japan to making their own muskets/firearms.

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Since the Tokugawa shoguns controlled Nagasaki, they now had a monopoly on foreign trade, which continued to be profitable. For more than 200 years, Japan remained basically closed to Europeans.

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- The Tokugawa Society has rankings.
- The Emperor is only a figurehead for the country and the Shogun is the actual ruler.
- Merchants are at the bottom of society till trade started to become used more and more.

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Haiku-
Tree branch sways slowly
As a child sings a sweet song
Gracefully it goes.