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A 5 page researching the reasons for the fall of the Tokugawa Bakufu. The Tokugawa brought two centuries of peace to Japan and then became obsolete. The demands of other nations and the demands within the country led to the 15th Tokugawa Shogun turning the power back to the Emperor. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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a military government known as the "Bakufu." In 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Edo Bakufu and put into place a centralized feudal system, thereby creating stability, which the country had
not known in a number of years (Shinn 3). Matsudaira Naomasa, Ieyasu Tokugawa?s grandson moved the center of the Bakufu from Edo
to Matsue Castle in 1638. It then became known as the Matsue Bakufu. The Tokugawa/Matsue Bakufu collapsed in 1867, having lasted more than 200 years. The reason for its collapse
was simply that this form of government simply became socially and politically obsolete as other nations began traveling and trading with the rest of the world OR to engage in
a battle to retain their isolationistic preferences. Fighting did not seem to be the wise option to the Bakufu. This also signaled the end of the feudal political system and
began what is considered ?modern? Japan (Shinn 6; Hauser 16). Background Towards the end of the 16th century, Japan experienced internal conflict.
Following many major battles, reunification of the country was accomplished by what has become known as the military triumvirate: Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu Tokugawa. Nobunaga took control of
the shogunate around 1568. By 1573, the shogunate was nearly abolished. Nobunaga was assassinated in 1582 at which time, his prot?g?, Hideyoshi took over and initiated an efficient administration in
the country. He conducted a land survey, introduced reform in their money system, and in 1592, the emperor gave him the title of kampaku, which means civil chancellor. The title
gave him the right to be shogun, a status he would not have been able to attain because he was a commoner. He was aware the Emperors action angered some
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