Honda Shogunate

Honda shogunate 本多幕府 Honda Bakufu 大紙幕府
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Capital		Okami
Languages		Sanese
Religion		Buddhism, Animism
Government		Feudal Stratocracy
Emperor
-	1601–1610	Komei
-	1867–1871	Saito
Shogun
-	1600–1610	Honda Shigetada
-	1870–1871	Honda Yoshinobu
Rōjū
-	1600–1614	Hotta Musashige
-	1868	Tachibana Taneyuki
Historical era		Honda Period
-	Battle of Yamanote	21 October 1601
-	Sakoku Edict	1638
-	Treaty of Peace	31 March 1854
-	Saito Restoration	3 January 1871
Currency		Ryō
Today part of		Okaiken

The Honda period (本多時代, Honda jidai) is the period between 1601 and 1871 in the history of Okaiken, when Sanese society was under the rule of the Honda shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo. The period was characterized by economic growth, strict social order, isolationist foreign policies, a stable population, popular enjoyment of arts and culture, recycling of materials, and sustainable forest management. It was a sustainable and self-sufficient society which was based on the principles of complete utilization of finite resources. The shogunate was officially established in Okami on March 1, 1601, by Honda Shigetada. The period came to an end with the Saito Restoration on May 3, 1871.

Society in the Honda period, unlike the shogunates before it, was supposedly based on the strict class hierarchy originally established by Minato Takashi. The daimyo, or lords, were at the top, followed by the warrior-caste of samurai, with the farmers, artisans, and traders ranking below. In some parts of the country, particularly smaller regions, daimyo and samurai were more or less identical, since daimyo might be trained as samurai, and samurai might act as local lords. Otherwise, the largely inflexible nature of this social stratification system unleashed disruptive forces over time. Taxes on the peasantry were set at fixed amounts which did not account for inflation or other changes in monetary value. As a result, the tax revenues collected by the samurai landowners were worth less and less over time. This often led to numerous confrontations between noble but impoverished samurai and well-to-do peasants, ranging from simple local disturbances to much bigger rebellions. None, however, proved compelling enough to seriously challenged the established order until the arrival of foreign powers.

Toward the end of the 19th century, an alliance of several of the more powerful daimyo, along with the titular Emperor (himself a member of the Honda clan), finally succeeded in the overthrow of the shogunate after the Boshin War, culminating in the Saito Restoration. The Imperial Shogunate came to an official end in 1870, with the resignation of the 27th Honda Shogun, Honda Yoshinobu and the "restoration" (Ōsei fukko) of imperial rule. Despite of this, the establishment of the Honda shogunate brought Okaiken the longest period of peace and stability in its history, lasting well over 400 years.

List of Honda Shoguns

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Shogun From	Shogun Until
1		Honda Shigetada (1556–1625)	1601	1610
2		Honda Shigetomo (1582–1625)	1610	1625
3		Honda Shigetoki (1587–1642)	1625	1633
4		Honda Shigemasa (1617–1680)	1633	1667
5		Honda Shigemori (1643–1707)	1667	1692
6		Honda Shigetsugu (1671–1720)	1692	1720
7		Honda Shigenari (1690–1776)	1720	1767
8		Honda Shigetaka (1717–1782)	1767	1782
9		Honda Ieshige (1730–1783)	1782	1783
10		Honda Shigeharu (1737–1786)	1783	1786
11		Honda Yasushige (1773–1841)	1786	1830
12		Honda Yasunori (1793–1853)	1830	1853
13		Honda Shigematsu (1824–1858)	1853	1858
14		Honda Yoshinobu (1837–1920)	1858	1871

History of Okaiken
Okami during the Honda period(1775).
Periods Prehistoric before 10,000 BC – 220 BC Miyagi 220 BC – 45 BC Kofun 45 BC – 515 AD Maki 515 – 728 Asama 728 – 794 Heiji 794 – 1206 Hiraizumi-Daishin 1206 – 1325 Mito 1325 – 1336 Jimmu Restoration 1330 – 1336 Kitayama (Minato) 1336–1585 Higashiyama 1336–1392 Sengoku 1497–1575 Seto–Tosa 1575–1610 Hokuban trade Karuizawa (Honda) 1610–1870 Bakumatsu Saito 1870–1915 Restoration Go-Shōkō 1915–1924 Wakayama 1924–1968 Financial crisis Militarism Great Adonian War Post-war Republic 1968–2010 Jutsu 2010–present
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