Sankin Kotai system of Japan in Edo era: the process, target and mechanism

• Main Author: Nguyen, Van Kim
• Other Authors: Kỷ yếu Hội thảo Quan hệ Việt Nam - Nhật Bản ĐHQGHN, 2011
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội 2020
• Subjects: Lịch sử Nhật Bản; Thời kỳ Edo; Xã hội > Nhật Bản
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/98556
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

In the political structure of the Japanese feudalism of Edo era, sankin kotai is a Tokugawa bakufu's essential policy aiming at seizing political power, controlling daimyo's activities by which, at the same time , affirming the daimyo's loyalty towards shogunate. During more than two, Bakuhan taisei system, in which sankin kotai, had seen numerous changes but shoguns had been always trying to maintain domestic stability and their own political status. In Edo time, bakufu could establish their power upon local daimyo from which they built up the "lord - vassal" relationship that was very typical in Japan Tracing back to the history of Edo era, we can see a great deal of deep effects sankin kotai had in Japanese economic and social life. To comply with this system, almost all daimyo had to mobilize large human and financial resources.