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Year 8: History - Shogunate Japan

Resources for year 8 subjects

Databases

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Web Resources

The shoguns of medieval Japan were military dictators who ruled the country via a feudal system.

Some of the most famous included:: Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Tokugawa.  You can find out more about this topic via the links below.

Feudalism in Japan and Europe 

Who Were the Shoguns? - ABC

Japan Under the Shoguns

Japan Under the Shoguns - pdf

Timeline of Shoguns

Tokugawa Ieyasu  - Britannica Online

Daily Life in Medieval Japan

Tokugawa Period and the Meiji Restoration - History Channel

Four-tiered Class System of Feudal Japan 

Feudal Japan and the Age of the Warrior

The Samurai in Feudal Japan

Video Resources