After the 1630s, the shoguns requirement that subordinate lords maintain households in the new capital of Edo was an effort to

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The shoguns' requirement for subordinate lords to maintain households in Edo was primarily a strategy to control Japan's interior by keeping the lords under close supervision, thereby preventing them from amassing power in their home provinces that could challenge the shogunate.

After the 1630s, the Shoguns Requirement That Subordinate Lords Maintain