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Q: Why did Tokugawa Leyasu outlaw Christianity?
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How did the shogun tokugawa leyasu prevent the europeans from conquering japan?

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Who in 1600 finally completed the long process of unifying Japan?

Tokugawa leyasu


What were Tokugawa's feelings about Christianity?

Tokugawa Ieyasu was suspicious of Christianity, but not openly hostile to it. It would be his grandson, Tokugawa Iemitsu, who would actually ban the religion and persecute believers.


Why was tokugawa leyasu upset by the success of christian missionaries?

Tokugawa Ieyasu never banned Christianity. He progressively became less and less tolerant of Christians. However, he never outright banned them. Christians began to be highly persecuted after the Sakoku Edict issued by Tokugawa Iemitsu in 1635.


How did the Tokugawa change japan?

They outlawed Christianity.


Why did tokugawa ieyasu banned christinanity?

Tokugawa Ieyasu never banned Christianity. Christianity was effectively outlawed by his son, Iemitsu with the Sakoku Edict of 1635.


What religion was banned during the Tokugawa period?

Christianity


How did the Tokugawa shogunate change Japan?

When he died in 1603, Tokugawa created the Tokugawa shogunate. The Tokuguwa shoguns ended feudal warfare and established a powerful central government. :)<3


Tokugawa Leyasu country title?

Tokugawa Ieyasu (with an I, not an L) was the first Shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate which ruled Japan from 1603 until 1868. The Tokugawa clan took control after a long period of civil war known as the Sengoku Jidai, the "warring states period".Shogun basically means "commander in chief". The Shogun was the overall commander of the Japanese military from the end of the 1100s until 1868. Although the Tenno (emperor) was technically the ruler of Japan, the Shoguns were the real rulers during this time.


What religion was banned during tokugawa period?

Christianity was effectively banned from Japan with the Sakoku Edict of 1635.


Why did the Tokugawa shogunate suppress Christianity?

The problem with christianity is the conflict it brings with it. People tend to be more loyal to the church than to the government. Tokugawa realized this and decided to just get rid of it. He was just scared of losing his power, since all he wanted was obedience.


In the 1600s Christianity was forbidden in japan?

Yes it was banned during the Edo period by Tokugawa Ieyasu. Any christians there were persecuted.