Question

which statement about government during the Tokugawa period in Japan is most accurate? 1) the power of the emperor was absolute and supreme. 2) the real power was held by foreign countries. 3) actual power was held by the shogun. 4) political power was in the hands of the merchant class.

Answer 1

3) the shogun control everything

the shogun were so powerful, that after a new gun was invented that was the most powerful they named it after them, and so the "shotgun" but guns were useless in japan and the katana was the shogun's weapon of choice

Answer 2

3) the shogun control everything

the shogun were so powerful, that after a new gun was invented that was the most powerful they named it after them, and so the "shotgun"