Reunification Of Japan Research Paper

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For the reunification of Japan to occur in the 1600’s, a new government system would have to be formed. The main goal of the government would be to stop the fighting between daimyo, local lords. Before the Tokugawa Shogunate took control, Toyotomi Hideyoshi became the dominate daimyo of Japan. But when he passed away it was Tokugawa Ieyasu who created an imperial rule by establishing the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1603. Even under the Tokugawa’s rule, the daimyo kept their own land and laws, just as long as every other year they stayed in Edo. Edo was the new administrative capital set up by the Shogunate. Even before Japan’s reunification, the society had been split into certain classes. When the Tokugawa had control the made these class systems

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