shogunate
Japanese warrior rule
A shogunate is a Japanese military government headed by a shogun—the supreme military commander who ruled Japan while the emperor remained a figurehead.
The term refers both to the institution and to specific historical periods: the Tokugawa shogunate lasted from 1603 to 1868.
The shogunate maintained strict control over foreign trade.
Ruling samurai dynasty, 1600s-1800s
- KyotoJapan's former imperial seat
- NaraFormer Japanese capital
- isolationismPolicy avoiding foreign alliances
- sankin-kotaiRequired periodic capital residence
Curved Japanese fighting blade
- seppukuRitualized Japanese self-disembowelment
- roninFeudal drifter-warrior
- daimyoJapanese feudal landowner
- kenjutsuJapanese martial blade art
armor · dojo · iaido · archery · honor · loyalty · discipline · martial arts
Japanese feudal landowner
- vassalLand-holding sworn subordinate
- fiefdomFeudal territory under lord
- lordshipNoble rank or domain
- fealtyPledged devotion to authority
suzerain · hereditary · domains · retainer · liege · overlord · bannerman · tribute
Organized land-based military
- warfareArmed conflict between groups
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
conquest · general · cavalry · infantry · conscription · garrison · castle · mobilization
Unifying control in one place
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- edictAuthoritative public command
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- regencySubstitute monarch's authority
sovereignty · statecraft · administration · taxation · judiciary · council · chancellor · magistrate
Tokugawa
Ruling samurai dynasty, 1600s-1800s
- KyotoJapan's former imperial seat
- NaraFormer Japanese capital
- isolationismPolicy avoiding foreign alliances
katana
Curved Japanese fighting blade
- seppukuRitualized Japanese self-disembowelment
- roninFeudal drifter-warrior
- daimyoJapanese feudal landowner
kenjutsu · armor · dojo · iaido · archery · honor · loyalty · discipline · martial arts · code
daimyo
Japanese feudal landowner
fealty · suzerain · hereditary · domains · retainer · liege · overlord · bannerman · tribute · land grants
army
Organized land-based military
- warfareArmed conflict between groups
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
campaign · conquest · general · cavalry · infantry · conscription · garrison · castle · mobilization · weaponry
centralization
Unifying control in one place
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- edictAuthoritative public command
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
regency · sovereignty · statecraft · administration · taxation · judiciary · council · chancellor · magistrate · decree
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- Japanese culturekabuki, sumo, origami, tea ceremony, geisha
- history educationhistorian, history textbooks, textbook, history teachers, primary source
- Asian historyancient China, China, empresses, Chinese civilization, Laozi
- Edo Japandaimyo, Tokugawa, sakoku, sankin-kotai, Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Japanese HistoryTokugawa Ieyasu, daimyo, Tokugawa, Muromachi period, feudal Japan
shogunatedemocracy
Rule by the people
republic · constitutional monarchy · parliamentary system · civilian rule · popular sovereignty
- Tokugawa ShogunateJapan's 1600s military government
- Ashikaga shogunateMedieval Japanese military government