Shogunates, Unifiers

Question 1

How did Emperor Go daigo come to power?

Answer 1

Got support from samuri to rebel and overthrow kamakura

Question 2

What did emperor go Daigo try to do?

Answer 2

restore imperial rule/authority

Question 3

How did ashikaga takauji come to power?

Answer 3

Turned on Go daigo when he became shogun

Question 4

How did the Ashikaga shogunate fall from power?

Answer 4

Weaker shoguns came to power so lost control and cival wars (warring states)a

Question 5

When did the Oda Nobunaga rule? And how did he come to power

Answer 5

1568 to 1582 and rose to power when the civial war ended, (this warrior rose to power)

Question 6

how did Oda Nobunaga loose power?

Answer 6

committed seppuku when Akechi Mitsuhide rebelled against him

Question 7

achievements of Oda Nobunaga

Answer 7

• brought 1 third of Japan under his control
• ended a long period of feudal battles
• defeat of powerful rivals like the last of the ashikaga shpgun
• consolidation of power

Question 8

What is Oda nobunaga known for?

Answer 8

bravery, skill in battle but also his cruel and ruthlessness

Question 9

When did Toyotomi Hideyoshi rule japan?

Answer 9

1582 till 1598

Question 10

How did Toyotomi Hideyoshi rise to power?

Answer 10

• Nobunagas trusted ally in battles and accompanied his lord everywhere, so was able to defend the nobunaga title and avenge him
• inherited the oda nobunaga territory and assets

Question 11

How did Toyotomi Hideyoshi fall from power

Answer 11

died of old age

Question 12

accomplishes of Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Answer 12

• legacy of bravery
• strengthened feudal system
• unification of japan
  -recontsturction of castle

Question 13

When did the tokugawa Ieyasu rule

Answer 13

1603 to 1616

Question 14

How did the tokugawa shogunate rise to power

Answer 14

• won battle of sekigahara
• tokugawa Ieyasu consolidates power in 1600
• ends civil wars of sengoku period

Question 15

Tokugawa shogunate fall from power

Answer 15

• clans combined to overthrow Tokugawa shogunate and end it
• Power was passed to Emperor Meiji

Question 16

Tokgawa Ieyasu achievements

Answer 16

• japan unified under his control
• defeated western army
• sekigahara clan defeated

Question 17

who were the 3 unifiers of japan

Answer 17

Oda nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu

Question 18

What did oda nobunaga do to unify japan

Answer 18

• Overthrew the Ashikaga shogunate and unified half of the provinces in japan

Question 19

How did Toyotomi Hideyoshi do to unify japan

Answer 19

Defeated Hojo clan and avenged odas death and died of old age

Question 20

What did Tokugawa Ieyasu do to unify japan?

Answer 20

Defeated the western army in Sekigahara fight, organizational genius and also stablized japan and died from natural causes

Question 21

Challenges that Oda Nobunaga faced?

Answer 21

conflict with the imagawa clan, rebellions, accidental destruction of a temple caused people to turn on Oda Nobunaga, and resent him. betrayal of Akechi Mitsuhide, maintain alliences, and economical strains

Question 22

Challenges that Toyotomi Hideyoshi face?

Answer 22

growing power of the Tokugawa clan, Military failures, death of his son, invasion of Korea, Feudal organization

Question 23

Challenges that Tokugawa Ieyasu faced?

Answer 23

Loyalty conflicts, Christinanity and foreign influences, maintaining samuri control, balancing out the governce, military