Meiji Restoration
Meiji Restoration
Mar 19, 2016
Meiji Restoration. Tenpo Crisis. Oshio Heihachiro. The Arrival of the West. Commodore Matthew Perry. Unequal Treaties. Treaty of Kanagawa – 1854 Opened ports Shimoda/Hakodate to US refueling/supplying Americans install consul in Shimoda Harris Treaty - 1858 Lowered import fees - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Meiji Restoration
Tenpo Crisis
Oshio Heihachiro
The Arrival of the West
Commodore Matthew Perry
Unequal TreatiesTreaty of Kanagawa – 1854 Opened ports Shimoda/Hakodate to US refueling/supplyingAmericans install consul in Shimoda
Harris Treaty - 1858Lowered import fees Opened larger ports to trade/immigrationAmericans accused of crimes would be tried in American courts
Reactions to Western Contact
Shishi Kawakami Gensai Fukoku kyohei
Meiji Restoration
Political Players
Okubo Toshimichi Kido Takayoshi Saigo TakamoriThe Last Samurai inspiration
Political Leadership
Military Changes
Social Changes
Cultural Changes
Oiran (Courtesan,) 1876Takahashi Yuichi
Rokumeikan vs Ryounkaku
Rokumeikan – social hall built in Tokyo
Ryounkaku
Japanese Industrialization
Tomioka Silk Mill
Reactions to Change
Kashida Toshiko
What does it mean to be Japanese?
A Japanese Constitution
Education Reform
Gendering Japan
Yajima Kajiko - Founder of TWRS
Religious ChangesShintoism
- Worships divine Kami
- Imperial family are kami
- No moral code built in
- Morality focused on collective, not individual
- Four Affirmations
1. Tradition and Family2. Love of Nature3. Cleanliness 4. Matsuri – worship kami
The Emperor
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