Having evolved over many centuries, these warrior values began to become more standardized as a code during the Tokugawa Shogunate, an era of samurai rule in Japan that began at the turn of the ...
37} and for throwing over democratic ways, reverting to something much stronger, more Japanese—i.e., the military Shogunate or something very much like it. Paving the way for just that ...
Inflows of guns into areas around Edo were restricted to prevent rebellions against the Tokugawa Shogunate. Women leaving Edo were rigorously inspected to prevent the wives of daimyo feudal lords ...