Tokugawa Japan: Unification & Isolation
Students will study the unification of Japan under the Shogunate and its policy of isolation (Sakoku).
Key Questions
- Analyze the motivations behind the Tokugawa Shogunate's decision to implement a policy of national isolation.
- Explain how the role and status of the samurai class transformed during a prolonged period of peace.
- Describe the rigid social structure of feudal Japan under the Tokugawa Shogunate.
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