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Samurai discontent resulted in numerous revolts, the most serious occurring in the southwest, where the restoration movement had started and warriors expected the greatest rewards. An uprising in Chōshū expressed dissatisfaction with administrative measures that deprived the samurai of their status and income.
Quick Facts. Also called: Edo period. Date: 1603 - 1867. Location: Japan. Major Events: Bunka-Bunsei period. Key People: Iwasa Matabei. Top Questions. What happened during the Tokugawa period? How long did the Tokugawa period last? Why was the Tokugawa period important?
The samurai and daimyo class had become corrupt and lost the respect of the Japanese people, the government had become bloated (there were 17,000 bureaucrats in Edo in 1850 compared to 1,700 in Washington) and Tokugawa's social and political structures had grown outdated.
In 1853, the arrival of Commodore Perry and his Black Ships from the United States of America changed the course of history for Japan. This event marked the beginning of the end for the Tokugawa shogunate, which had ruled Japan for over 250 years.
Japan turned down a demand from the United States, which was greatly expanding its own presence in the Asia-Pacific region, to establish diplomatic relations when Commodore James Biddle appeared in Edo Bay with two warships in July 1846.
The Meiji Restoration of 1868 toppled Japan’s long‑reigning Tokugawa shoguns of the Edo Period as U.S. gunboat diplomacy forced Japan into the modern era.
Historically considered the most stable and peaceful period in Japan's premodern history, the Tokugawa Period—also known as the Edo Period, after the city in which the shōgun had his capital—began with Tokugawa Ieyasu’s victory in 1600 over Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s forces at the Battle of Sekigahara, and the consolidation of political ...
The Tokugawa shogunate declined during the Bakumatsu period from 1853 and was overthrown by supporters of the Imperial Court in the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
The last of the “Three Great Unifiers” of Japan, Tokugawa Ieyasu, was bestowed with the title of shogun (generalissimo) by the Emperor in 1603.
Japanese Christians, who had been converted by Portuguese traders and missionaries, were banned from practicing their religion in 1614 by Tokugawa Hidetada. To enforce this law, the shogunate required all citizens to register with their local Buddhist temple, and any who refused to do so were considered disloyal to the bakufu .