JAPAN
FROM ISOLATION TO
ADAPTATION
JAPAN AND THE WORLD
RECENT PERIODS
IN JAPANESE HISTORY
1500-1603
1603-1868
1868-19121912-2000
1500 - 1603
- 250 warring lords controlled Japan
1603 - 1868
- EDO PERIOD: Isolation
Japan entered a long period of relative peace and
development and tried to isolate itself from the world.
1868 - 1912
- MEIJI PERIOD: Adaptation and Modernization
Japan rapidly adapted and modernized using ideas
collected from around the world.
1912 – 2000
- MODERN PERIOD
Japan modernized.
2000
- NOW
Japan is an influential world leader.
Now
EDO PERIOD: ISOLATION
Japan had an isolation
policy during the 1600s,
1700s, and 1800s. This
meant that they had no
relationships with other
countries.
MEIJI PERIOD: ADAPTATION
Japan used
the British
navy as the
model for
their navy.
New universities
were founded and
modeled after those
in the United States.
Japan used the
German army
as the model for
their army.
Japan established free
education for
everyone and a sixyear program for boys
and girls, modeled on
France’s system
UNIT 3 JAPAN
From Isolation to Adaptation
Chapter 12 Shaping a Unique Worldview
Chapter 13 Japan Under the Shogun
Chapter 14 Edo Japan: A Closed Society
Chapter 15 Contact and Change in Meiji Japan
Chapter 16 Return to Roots