Name:______________________________________________________________________Date:_________P:__________
InternalTroubleExternalThreats:Japan’sMeijiRestorationCh.19
TokugawaJapan,1600-1850
TokugawaShoguns:rulesince________________
MainTaskoftheTokugawaShoguns:
• InternalPeacelastedfrom_______________to_____________________.(CharacteristicsofJapanatthistime)
• Daimyo:
• Japanwasnotunified---
• Hierarchicalsociety:
• ConsiderablechangeinJapanduringTokugawaperiod.
794ADto1868:—Shoguns–hereditarywarlords—ruleJapan;alsoknownas“feudalJapan”
1600—1850:TokugawaJapan—alsoknownasthe__________________________of_________________
• _______________becomesthecenterofJapanesepower
• _______________becomesasophisticatedbusiness,includingstrategictradingapproaches
1868:“_____________________________________________________”
RulingFamiliesofJapan(552—1183)
BuddhismentersJapan
• (year)________________________(from)________________________
Writing,art,governmententerJapan
•
(year)__________________________(from)___________________________
FourMainislandsofJapan
1._____________________________2.________________________3._________________________4.______________________
CapitalofJapanin794_______________________________CapitalofJapanin1192__________________________
CharacteristicsofJapan’seraofisolation:(Whereweretheopenports?Howmanyportsopen?To
whom?)
_____________________________________(where?)__________(howmanyports?)
_________________________________(towhomwasitopentotrade?)
Significance(importance)of1640-1853,Japan’seraofisolation
• MajorcharacteristicsofJapanduringMeijiRestoration(TheRestorationofImperialRule)
1.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
JapanduringWorldWarI(1914—1918)
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GreatDepression
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WorldWar2
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TheMeijiRestoration-ChainofeventsthatrestoredpracticalimperialruleunderEmperorMeiji;
-Japanexperiencedawholerenaissanceoftechnologyandsocialrestructuring.
Whatisarenaissance?____________________________________________________________________________________________
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Japan1853:Whathappens?(WhoisMatthewPerry?)
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1853—1900:RadicaltransformationofJapanesesociety(how?)
• • • • TheWest(Europe/America)notasinterestedinJapanasitwasinChina(weaker,
tea,silk,etc.)
WhatwerefourkeymomentsintheriseofJapaninthe19thcenturyandbeyond?
1.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
• TheJapanesewereequallyascruelastheEuropeanstotheirrespectivesubjects
(Korea,Taiwan,China)
ThelivesoftheSamuraichanged:
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-specialprivilegesforvariousclasseswaslargelydismantled.
-AlmostallJapanesebecamelegallyequalascommonersandsubjectsoftheemperor.
• BriefSamuraiRebellionin1877
• Overallthetransformationwasapeacefulprocessinwhichtherulingclass
abolisheditsprivileges
TheMeijiRestoration
1. Restoresancientformofgovernment________________________________________________________________
2. Importof___________________________________________________________________intoJapan.
CharacteristicsoftheNEWnationalarmyundertheImperialGovernment
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1877&SaigoTakamori
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JapansendsdiplomatstotheWest…Why?
• Japaneseempirebuilding
(1894-1895)-________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(1904-1905)-________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gainscontrolof_____________________________________________________________________________________________________