Bibliography:
Earns, Lane. "Tokugawa Period." Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. Ed. Karen Christensen and David Levinson. Vol. 5. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002. 505-08. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 7 Nov. 2013. <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=GVRL&u=balt82221&authCount=1>. This source is reliable since it is a published and printed encyclopedia.
Headings: Tokugawa Political and Social Control, Tokugawa Policies on Trade and Christianity, Economic and Cultural Developments, Intellectual Trends, The Downfall of the Bakufu
The text is relatively broad. It talks about the government, classes, foreign affairs, suppression of non-japanese, art, and schools.
This text greatly helps answer question four and five. It mentions art and could help for question one as well.
Green, John, prod. Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry, and Nationalism: Crash Course. YouTube. Google, 13 Sept. 2012. Web. 14 Nov. 2013. This video addresses the concept of nationalism, however, it uses Japan as an example of nationalism, and gives a good amount of information about the Tokugawa Shogunate in the process. The section on Japan and the Tokugawa Shogunate starts about 5 minutes into the video, and it is very clear when the video advances past the Tokugawa Shogunate to the following time period. In this video, the subjects of the Tokugawa's foreign affairs is addressed, as well as the government's power and structure.
History channel. "Tokugawa Period and Meiji Restoration." History Channel. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Nov. 2013. <http://www.history.com/topics/meiji-restoration>. it gives a general overview of the shogon, and it tells you how the shogon enforced a ban on Christianity. It gives more info on how the Christians in Japan went underground with there religion. This also talks about the economic society of the time.
Matsunosuke, Nishiyama. Edo Culture: Daily Life and Diversions in Urban Japan, 1600–1868. Honolulu: U of Hawaii P, 1997. Print. This book goes into great depth describing the Edo (Tokugawa) culture. The first part talks about city culture, and the third part describes the arts. The entire book is devoted to culture in general, which may be helpful for essential questions 4 and 5, and will be helpful for essential question 6. This source should be very reliable, because publishers have people who they pay to check the facts in a book before they agree to publish it.
Munson, Todd S. "Japan, Opening of." Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450. Ed. Thomas Benjamin. Vol. 2. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007. 667-69. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 7 Nov. 2013. <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=GVRL&u=balt82221&authCount=1>. This source is reliable since it is a published and printed encyclopedia.
This text is basically entirely about foreign relations though trade. It starts out about Japan trying to keep foreign relations at a minimum, but then in the second half it talks about the USA forcing foreign relations to grow. Because of this the text answers question five.
"Tokugawa Shogunate." Gale Encyclopedia of History: Governments. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2008. N. pag. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 7 Nov. 2013. This article contains a fair amount of information on the government of the Tokugawa shogunate, and could be helpful for addressing topics dealing with the government. It starts by giving a general overview of the government, then goes on to describe it's background, further elaborate on it's structure, it's parties, and then finishes by summarizing important events having to do with it's creation or rule. The entire article is devoted to the subject of government, so it is not helpful for topics which address other subjects, however, it will be very helpful in answering essential questions #s 2 and 3, and possibly 4 and 5 as well. The source should be very accurate, as it is a part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library, which has paid fact checkers.
Headings: Tokugawa Political and Social Control, Tokugawa Policies on Trade and Christianity, Economic and Cultural Developments, Intellectual Trends, The Downfall of the Bakufu
The text is relatively broad. It talks about the government, classes, foreign affairs, suppression of non-japanese, art, and schools.
This text greatly helps answer question four and five. It mentions art and could help for question one as well.
Green, John, prod. Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry, and Nationalism: Crash Course. YouTube. Google, 13 Sept. 2012. Web. 14 Nov. 2013. This video addresses the concept of nationalism, however, it uses Japan as an example of nationalism, and gives a good amount of information about the Tokugawa Shogunate in the process. The section on Japan and the Tokugawa Shogunate starts about 5 minutes into the video, and it is very clear when the video advances past the Tokugawa Shogunate to the following time period. In this video, the subjects of the Tokugawa's foreign affairs is addressed, as well as the government's power and structure.
History channel. "Tokugawa Period and Meiji Restoration." History Channel. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Nov. 2013. <http://www.history.com/topics/meiji-restoration>. it gives a general overview of the shogon, and it tells you how the shogon enforced a ban on Christianity. It gives more info on how the Christians in Japan went underground with there religion. This also talks about the economic society of the time.
Matsunosuke, Nishiyama. Edo Culture: Daily Life and Diversions in Urban Japan, 1600–1868. Honolulu: U of Hawaii P, 1997. Print. This book goes into great depth describing the Edo (Tokugawa) culture. The first part talks about city culture, and the third part describes the arts. The entire book is devoted to culture in general, which may be helpful for essential questions 4 and 5, and will be helpful for essential question 6. This source should be very reliable, because publishers have people who they pay to check the facts in a book before they agree to publish it.
Munson, Todd S. "Japan, Opening of." Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450. Ed. Thomas Benjamin. Vol. 2. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007. 667-69. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 7 Nov. 2013. <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=GVRL&u=balt82221&authCount=1>. This source is reliable since it is a published and printed encyclopedia.
This text is basically entirely about foreign relations though trade. It starts out about Japan trying to keep foreign relations at a minimum, but then in the second half it talks about the USA forcing foreign relations to grow. Because of this the text answers question five.
"Tokugawa Shogunate." Gale Encyclopedia of History: Governments. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2008. N. pag. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 7 Nov. 2013. This article contains a fair amount of information on the government of the Tokugawa shogunate, and could be helpful for addressing topics dealing with the government. It starts by giving a general overview of the government, then goes on to describe it's background, further elaborate on it's structure, it's parties, and then finishes by summarizing important events having to do with it's creation or rule. The entire article is devoted to the subject of government, so it is not helpful for topics which address other subjects, however, it will be very helpful in answering essential questions #s 2 and 3, and possibly 4 and 5 as well. The source should be very accurate, as it is a part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library, which has paid fact checkers.