Study Guide & Educational Overview
### Key Periods & Figures of Feudal Japan:
* **The Three Great Unifiers**: Oda Nobunaga (battlefield firearm innovations), Toyotomi Hideyoshi (nationwide sword hunts and land surveys), and Tokugawa Ieyasu (established the 250-year Edo Pax).
* **The Shogunate Hierarchy**: The Shogun held supreme military and political authority, ruling through regional daimyo lords, samurai retainers, and merchant/peasant classes.
* **The Bushido Ethos**: The martial code emphasizing unwavering loyalty, self-discipline, honor, and ritual suicide (*seppuku*) to preserve dignity.
* **Isolation & Urban Culture**: Under Tokugawa *sakoku* policies, foreign trade was restricted largely to Dejima island, fostering kabuki, ukiyo-e woodblock prints, and tea ceremonies.
* **The Three Great Unifiers**: Oda Nobunaga (battlefield firearm innovations), Toyotomi Hideyoshi (nationwide sword hunts and land surveys), and Tokugawa Ieyasu (established the 250-year Edo Pax).
* **The Shogunate Hierarchy**: The Shogun held supreme military and political authority, ruling through regional daimyo lords, samurai retainers, and merchant/peasant classes.
* **The Bushido Ethos**: The martial code emphasizing unwavering loyalty, self-discipline, honor, and ritual suicide (*seppuku*) to preserve dignity.
* **Isolation & Urban Culture**: Under Tokugawa *sakoku* policies, foreign trade was restricted largely to Dejima island, fostering kabuki, ukiyo-e woodblock prints, and tea ceremonies.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Battle of Sekigahara in October 1600 cleared the way for Tokugawa Ieyasu to become Shogun and found the Edo Shogunate.
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