Week 3

Lecture/Seminar: The Tokugawa Order

• Read:  Chapter 17 – Edo Japan to answer DQ #2.

• DQ #2 is Due.
• Summary #3: Code of the Warrior Households is Due.

DQ #2

How did the Tokugawa shogunate bring peace and order back to Japan after a century of civil war?  What was the balance of power that was created between the shogunate and the regional lords (daimyo)? What was lifelike for peasants during the Tokugawa era?  How did the Tokugawa government seek to regulate relations with other nations?

Tokugawa Order