Sousa_Tokugawa_Project

**__Shogun control over Daimyo__**
The Tokugawa Shogunate seized control of Japan in 1600 and established a government in Edo (what is now modern day Tokyo). They started a period from 1603 to 1867 known as the great peace. "During the Edo period, effective power rested with the Tokugawa shogun, not the emperor in [|Kyoto], even though the former ostensibly owed his position to the latter. The shogun controlled foreign policy, the military, and feudal patronage. The role of the emperor was ceremonial, similar to the position of the Japanese monarchy after the [|Second World War]." ([|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogun#Tokugawa_shogunate_.281603.E2.80.931867.29])



The Shogunate created laws that the rival regional lords, or Daimyo, had to follow. These laws forced the Daimyo to own two houses (one in Edo and one in their own domain) that they had to pay for and maintain. Also the Daimyo had to go live in edo every other year forcing them to constantly travel from their house in their domaine to their house in Edo. These laws impoverished the Daimyo.



After the Shogun came to power, Japan started focusing less on the arts of war and more on the arts of peace. Life style became more leisurely and laid back. The photo above is of some pleasure boats in Japan. The Japanese created these pleasure boats so they could relax and have fun.