The Tokugawa Period Throughout the course of history, all civilizations go through different periods that have a profound influence on the culture. In the Japanese culture this time period was the Tokugawa period. The Tokugawa period began about 1600, shortly after the feudal periods of Heian, Kamakura, and Ashikaga (Beasly 25). After the death of Hideyoshi,Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated the Hideyori Loyalists and other western rivals at the battle of Sekigahara, gaining unlimited power over Japan. He was appointed Shogun by the emperor and established his government in Edo. The Tokugawa shoguns continued than to rule Japan for the next two hundred and fifty years (Japanese History). During the Tokugawa period, Japan was transformed from a medieval society into an pre- modern system. Tokugawa was ide....

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