HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
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the Tokugawa Shogunate
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the Yamato emperors
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Oda Nobunaga
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Prince Shotoku
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Detailed explanation-1: -Prince Shōtoku was an influential leader in seventh-century Japan, popularly credited with achievements from establishing courtly ranks and a constitution to encouraging the spread of Buddhism and sending envoys to China.
Detailed explanation-2: -Prince Shotoku influenced Japan’s culture by building Buddhist temples on the islands. This promoted that religion, molding it with the extant faiths of Confucianism and Shintoism.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Chinese had created a more advanced civilization and stable government than was the case in Japan. Prince Shotoku hoped that by emulating principles of Chinese government Japan could also develop a stable government and advanced civilization.
Detailed explanation-4: -Shōtoku, inspired by the Buddha’s teachings, succeeded in establishing a centralized government during his reign. In 603, he established the Twelve Level Cap and Rank System at the court. He is credited with promulgating the seventeen-article constitution.