No Daimyo was powerful to maintain control. Japan had to divide into hundreds of separate domains. Everyone had to defend for themselves.
The Tokugawa Shogunate1460-1560
Oda Nobunaga
A general, Oda Nobunaga, took control, however in the year 1582 he was attacked by one of his men in the Kyoto temple and committed suicide instead of being taken alive.
Around the mid 1550s
Tokugawa Ieyasu
In 1603, the emperor gave Tokugawa Ieyasu the title of shogun. He remained shogun until 1868, hence why it’s called Tokugawa.
Samurai
Daimyo
During the time of this shogunate, a social structure developed in Japan (similar to the feudal system in Europe).
Peasants
Merchants
These social classes were known as 'shi-no-ko-sho' meaning warrior, peasant, craftsmen, merchant’.
Tokugawa Shogunate was the final period of traditional Japan. A time of internal peace, political stability, and economic growth thanks to Tokugawa Ieyasu.
