The Tokugawa shogunate controlled the daimyo through a system known as "sankin-kōtai," which required them to spend alternating years in the capital, Edo, and their own domains. This practice ensured that the daimyo were physically separated from their lands and resources, limiting their power and ability to raise armies. Additionally, the shogunate implemented strict regulations on the daimyo's military capabilities and finances, effectively centralizing authority and maintaining a balance of power that favored the shogunate. Through these measures, the Tokugawa shogunate established a stable but rigid hierarchy that kept the daimyo in check.
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He established an alternate attendance system known as sankin kotai. This required daimyo to live alternately between their domain and Edo. The Tokugawa Bakufu also required that the daimyo maintained a permanent residence in Edo and required that their families live there. Tokugawa Ieyasu also enforced a strict castle building and destruction system. He required daimyo to destroy certain castles in their domains if there were found to be too many. Conversely, when a new castle was being built, he would require daimyo provide materials for it's construction. Needless to say, this was a huge economic strain on them.
The daimyo help weaken the shogun by fighting to break free the shogun's control.
The daimyo help weaken the shogun by fighting to break free the shogun's control.
To make them eat lollipops
Hey
He established an alternate attendance system known as sankin kotai. This required daimyo to live alternately between their domain and Edo. The Tokugawa Bakufu also required that the daimyo maintained a permanent residence in Edo and required that their families live there. Tokugawa Ieyasu also enforced a strict castle building and destruction system. He required daimyo to destroy certain castles in their domains if there were found to be too many. Conversely, when a new castle was being built, he would require daimyo provide materials for it's construction. Needless to say, this was a huge economic strain on them.
Toshio George Tsukahira has written: 'Feudal control in Tokugawa Japan' -- subject(s): Politics and government, Feudalism, Daimyo
The Tokugawa shogunate reduced the power of the nobles, or daimyo, through a combination of political strategies and strict social control. They implemented the policy of "sankin-kotai," which required daimyo to alternate their residence between their domains and Edo (modern-day Tokyo), effectively limiting their ability to amass power and resources. Additionally, the shogunate maintained a rigid class system and employed surveillance to monitor the daimyo, ensuring that their authority was kept in check. This centralized control helped establish a stable, albeit repressive, regime that lasted for over two centuries.
During the Sengoku period, roughly 1467-1600 AD, powerful samurai leaders (daimyo) seized control of old feudal estates. The period ended with unification of Japan under the powerful Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu.
The daimyo help weaken the shogun by fighting to break free the shogun's control.
You might be referring to the end of the age of warring states, when Tokugawa Ieyasu 'unified' Japan. This was in the early 17th century.
The daimyo help weaken the shogun by fighting to break free the shogun's control.
Daimyo is the one who held the most power in Japanese feudalism. He took over when the Tokugawa family seized power in Japan.
The Japanese samurai who won control over most of Japan and united it was Tokugawa Ieyasu. He established the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, implementing a centralized government that promoted peace and stability after a long period of civil strife. Ieyasu's policies of conciliation included alliances with powerful daimyo and a system of governance that emphasized loyalty and order, which helped to maintain control over the country for over 250 years.
"Sankin kotai" was the system whereby the Tokugawa shoguns forced all daimyo to spend every other year at the Tokugawa court in Edo (later Tokyo). This increased both political and fiscal control over the daimyo by Edo.