If you'd like to print out this page, click the Print button above. Alternatively, you may click the printer icon on your browser's toolbar, or choose File>Print from the menu.     Tokugawa Japan Territoriality and collective identity in Tokugawa Japan. (Early Modernities) David L. Howell. Daedalus Summer 1998 v127 n3 p105(28) 1. Who held the most power in Tokugawa Japan? What role did the emperor play in the Japanese political system? 2. What was the role of the daimyo in Japan? 3. Why was social status important in Tokugawa Japan? 4. Why were territoriality and boundaries important in Tokugawa Japan?