Self-isolation of Japan (Edo era)

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Self-isolation of Japan (Edo era)
@Nikolai Miazin, PhD in History

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Terms
goddess Amaterasu - богиня Аматэрасу (богиня Солнца)
kamikaze - божественный ветер
shogun - сёгун
daimyo [ˈdaɪ.mjəʊ] - даймё (князь)
principality - княжество
hostage - заложник
estate - сословие
displacement - водоизмещение (судна)
coaster - каботажное (прибрежное) судно

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Features of Japan
• country neither been conquered
• Emperor dynasty have 2 thousand years,
• nobody another nobles attempted became Emperor

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Warring States period (1493-1603)

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Restriction power of daimyo

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Samurai
• 5 % of population (estate)
• katana - civil weapon like spade in Europe
• samurai more bureaucrats then warrior

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Peasants
• 12 % of territory agricultural suitable
• peasants give 40 % harvest to daimyo
• grow rice, wheat and millet (пшено)

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Buddism and Sintoism
Shinto - old religion of Japan,
part of shamanism
Buddism in Japan from 6th Century

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Christianity in Japan (1542-1639)

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Foreigners in Japan
• Netherlands trading post in
Nagasaki
• only 5 ships in the year

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Population of Japan
• 29 mln of Population
• Million of people in Edo (1700)

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Development of economy
• building irrigation systems
• trade development
• special attention to quality craftsman production

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House architecture