Socio-political relations of Japan in the Middle Ages

– Feature: the idea of a strong central government has not been fully realized (there is no support – officials).
– X century. – local power → to the nobility, relying on warriors – samurai (land + peasants for service).
– Since the XII century. – shogunates – the power of military leaders over the territory.
XVII century – Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu united Japan into a single state → reforms in order to: limit the independence of feudal lords, attach peasants to the land; declared the country closed from Europeans (conservation of the social system of Japan).