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... Tokugawa feudal regime , which ruled Japan through the office of shogun , forcing the emperor to be nothing more than a powerless symbol . As a result of his political activities , Hirata was confined to his birthplace for the rest of ...
... Tokugawa feudal regime , which ruled Japan through the office of shogun , forcing the emperor to be nothing more than a powerless symbol . As a result of his political activities , Hirata was confined to his birthplace for the rest of ...
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... Tokugawa Ieyasu , and in 1599 , when Ishida attempted to improve his own position by plotting to sow dissension among Japanese lords , several of Tokuga- wa's retainers resolved to execute him , but Tokugawa spared his life . The ...
... Tokugawa Ieyasu , and in 1599 , when Ishida attempted to improve his own position by plotting to sow dissension among Japanese lords , several of Tokuga- wa's retainers resolved to execute him , but Tokugawa spared his life . The ...
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... Tokugawa Japan ( derived essentially from the writings of the Chinese thinker Chu Hsi ) . It advocated a re- turn to classical Confucian teaching . Through his hundreds of students , he exerted a power- ful influence that tended to ...
... Tokugawa Japan ( derived essentially from the writings of the Chinese thinker Chu Hsi ) . It advocated a re- turn to classical Confucian teaching . Through his hundreds of students , he exerted a power- ful influence that tended to ...
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