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Edo Period
Basic Edo Information
- Edo gets its name from the capital of Ancient Japan, Edo
- Edo was governed by the Tokugawa Shogunate instated by Tokugawa Leyasu
- Tokugawa Leyasu came to power by defeating the Hideyori loyalists in the Battle of Sekigahara.
- Edo period brought more than 250 years of peace under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate.
- Ninjas emerged in during the Edo period
- The Ninjas specialized in unorthodox warfare, as apposed to the samurai who observed strict rules about honor in combat
- The technique they used in combat was stealth and very secretive
- Ninjas did not just learn how to use weapons and fight, they learned philosophy, astrology, and military strategy
- A collection of these teachings (ninja knowledge), written in 1676, is known as the Bansenshukai
- In 1853 and 1854 Commodore Perry consistently pressured Japan to end it's isolationist policies (instated by Tokugawa Lemitsu in 1639) by pressuring open ports to European and international trade,
- This wasn't entirely successful until the Meiji Restoration.
- After the troubles of Bakumatsu, Emperor Meiji began the Meiji period.
Ninjas
End of Edo
Copyright Justin Cait Jeremy Schacht and Lucas Frankel 2012 History of Japan No Animals were harmed in the making.
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