FYI, I know a bit about Japanese history myself. Tokogawa essentially created and embedded the J deep state in the entire national system. He was the third in a series of individuals who attempted to unify the warring fiefs into a single national system - Nobunaga - Hideyoshi - Tokugawa.
Hideyoshi was Nobunaga's right hand man, and pledged to protect and lift up Nobunaga's son should Nobunaga die. When Nobunaga died, Hideyoshi promptly executed the son, and claimed the top for himself. Tokugawa was Hideyoshi's right hand man, and pledged..... (repeat).
So Tokugawa set up a system so that no one could remove or replace his descendents. The Ultimate Deep State, part and parcel of the Japanese culture that exists until today.
Excellent book about his in Japan, it is the System that rules, not the people, and not the politicians.
Tokugawa is generally celebrated as a national hero, but his shogunate essentially created the first 15-minute towns. The entire nation was divided up into fiefs, and no one could legally travel outside of one's own fief without specific permission from the shogunate, etc. The common folk literally could not travel.
The entire Japanese nation (and people) were in lockdown for centuries. There were of course many positive aspects in their lives, but the entire system was all set up to prevent any possible regime change.
Well, change DID come, at the time of the Meiji restoration. Interesting movie (fiction) set at that time, worth watching. The Last Samurai - Tom Cruise.
Wow. So keen to watch that.
FYI, I know a bit about Japanese history myself. Tokogawa essentially created and embedded the J deep state in the entire national system. He was the third in a series of individuals who attempted to unify the warring fiefs into a single national system - Nobunaga - Hideyoshi - Tokugawa.
Hideyoshi was Nobunaga's right hand man, and pledged to protect and lift up Nobunaga's son should Nobunaga die. When Nobunaga died, Hideyoshi promptly executed the son, and claimed the top for himself. Tokugawa was Hideyoshi's right hand man, and pledged..... (repeat).
So Tokugawa set up a system so that no one could remove or replace his descendents. The Ultimate Deep State, part and parcel of the Japanese culture that exists until today.
Excellent book about his in Japan, it is the System that rules, not the people, and not the politicians.
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Very interesting, thanks
Tokugawa is generally celebrated as a national hero, but his shogunate essentially created the first 15-minute towns. The entire nation was divided up into fiefs, and no one could legally travel outside of one's own fief without specific permission from the shogunate, etc. The common folk literally could not travel.
The entire Japanese nation (and people) were in lockdown for centuries. There were of course many positive aspects in their lives, but the entire system was all set up to prevent any possible regime change.
Well, change DID come, at the time of the Meiji restoration. Interesting movie (fiction) set at that time, worth watching. The Last Samurai - Tom Cruise.
I have loved works that take place in this era of Japan ever since I played "Nobunaga's Ambition" on the NES in 1990.