Historical Heritage And Modernization Of Japan Of Tokugawa Shogunate

Tokugawa time established the historical premise of the modernization of Japan, study on the history of the Tokugawa time is a key to know the modernization of Japan, and we can grasp the main point of the modernization of Japan. The success of the modernization of Japan benefits from many outstanding historical heritage in Tokugawa time.In politics: The dual separation of power and authority, and the dual separation of Shōgun and Daimyō. This kind of special dual political structure contained the factor of the stability of the system of Tokugawa Shogunate , and it demonstrated the system's instability simultaneously. The special political structure included the embryo of modern democratic country , Japan entered the row of the modern democratic country smoothly.In economy: The status hierarchical system is not only one political status symbol, but also one kind of social division and occupation division, it directly expedited multiple values of modern Japanese nation . the dual separation pattern of politics and economics caused multiple assignment patterns of Japanese social resources . Warrior became cornerer of the political domain, other social strata also had active space of their own. Lu mi system and Sankin-Kōtai system became hotbed of the development of Japanese commodity economy. In thought: Many different schools emerged, when they asked for the solution of the social contradictory questions, they had already separated from their customary legitimate thoughts, and gradually formed a set of values of their own, after Meiji Ishin succeed, the thought of the theorists mostly originate from this time.In culture: Education is an essential intelligence factor to the development of a country. Characteristic school organization and principle of teaching in Tokugawa time prepared abundant human resources and historical premise for the modernization of Japan. these outstanding historical heritages accumulated in Tokugawa time prepared good historical heritage for the success of modernization of Japan and smoothly development of Meiji Ishin.