Several attempts at fiscal reform were made by the government during the late 18th and 19th centuries, but the financial strain on the warrior class increased as the period progressed.ĭuring its final 30 years in power the Tokugawa shogunate had to contend with peasant uprisings and samurai unrest as well as with financial problems. Their primary source of income was a fixed stipend tied to agricultural production, which had not kept pace with other sectors of the national economy. While merchants and to a lesser extent tradesmen continued to prosper well into the 18th century, the daimyo and samurai began to experience financial difficulties. The national economy expanded rapidly from the 1680s to the early 1700s due to the emphasis on agriculture production that was strengthed by military stability and rule. From 1633 onward Japanese subjects were forbidden to travel abroad or to return from overseas, and foreign contact was limited to a few Chinese and Dutch merchants still allowed to trade through the southern port of Nagasaki. Moreover, in issuing these orders, the Tokugawa shogunate officially adopted a policy of national seclusion. Colonial missionaries from Spain and Portugal were expelled, and complete ban on Christianity was exercised.
His strategies of control and stability included keeping the feudal domanial lords, or daimyos at bay in the Tokugawa administrative capital of Edo, freezing social order and prohibition of mobility between the four classes (warriors, farmers, artisans, and merchants) and preventing peasants, who made up 80 percent of the population, from engaging in nonagricultural activities so as to ensure a stable and continuing source of income for those in positions of authority.Īnother aspect of the Tokugawa concern with political stability was fear of foreign ideas and military intervention.
Tokugawa period, also called Edo period, (1603–1867), the final period of traditional Japan, a time of internal peace, political stability, and economic growth under the shogunate (military dictatorship) founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu.Īs shogun, Ieyasu achieved hegemony (The social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group) over the entire country by balancing the power of potentially hostile domains ( Tozama) with strategically placed allies ( Fudai) and collateral houses ( Shimpan). The Tokugawa period (Real History) – 1603–1867
This article contains spoilers for Muv-Luv Alternative and Muv-Luv Total Eclipse (Teito Moyu) so tread with caution. Complete analysis of the political climate that led to every conflict in Muv-Luv Alternative, starting with the real life shared historical moments, and their parallels in the alternate history of the Muv-Luv universe.
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