Edo Period or Tokugawa Period 1603-1868

samurai

Daimyo and _____ were given more authority over commoners.

1603-1868

Edo Period or Tokugawa Period

sankin kotai

Policy of__________, or rule of alternate attendance required outer daimyo to live in Edo in alternate years. The daimyo had to leave a family member there all the time as a hostage.

hereditary

Shogunate was made _____, to prevent any fighting when the shogun died.

Tokugawa shogunate

The Edo period (Edo jidai) or Tokugawa period (Tokugawa jidai), is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japanese society was under the rule of the ____ ____and the country's 300 regional Daimyo.

Edo

The Tokugawa Bakufu was designed to limit the power of the daimyo. Daimyo were divided into two groups, based on whether they were allies of the Tokugawa or had been conquered. Allies were given inner domains near ____, the Tokugawa capital. Conquered daimyo were given outer domains further away.

Meiji Restoration

The period came to an end with the ____ ____ on May 3, 1868, after the fall of Edo.

isolationist

The period was characterized by economic growth, strict social order, _______ foreign policies, popular enjoyment of arts and culture, and sustainable forest management.

Tokugawa Ieyasu

The shogunate was officially established in Edo on March 24, 1603, by ______.

Neo-Confucianism

_____ was adopted to unify the culture.