Feudal Control in Tokugawa Japan ISBN: 9781684171514 Platform/Publisher: BRILL / Harvard University Asia Center Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: Communism and science.; Science;
The author describes the Sankin Kōtai System,a policy institututed by the Tokugawa shoguns requiring alternate year residency of daimyōs in Edo. It's aim was to exert control on the feudal lords.