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Covers Edo-period governance and social hierarchy, feudal roles such as samurai, daimyo, ronin, and ninja, plus cultural and economic patterns. 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Similar trading rights were then gained by Great Britain, Holland (Netherlands), and Russia, with Townsend Harris negotiating a commercial treaty in 1858.","Answer",{"name":114,"@type":109,"acceptedAnswer":115},"What were the key reforms introduced during the Meiji Restoration?",{"text":116,"@type":112},"The slides list governmental reforms such as a bicameral Diet and a Meiji (Imperial) Constitution, plus economic reforms including abolition of feudalism, adoption of the yen, and encouragement of foreign trade. They also include military reforms (a modern army and navy, conscription) and social reforms such as compulsory elementary education and establishment of universities.",{"name":118,"@type":109,"acceptedAnswer":119},"How did imperialization and wartime developments progress after Meiji reforms?",{"text":120,"@type":112},"The slide explains imperialization drivers like lack of fertile land, demand for markets and raw materials, population growth, and response to Western imperialism. It then outlines wars including the First Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War, followed by Korea’s annexation in 1910 and World War I participation with Allied gains in Asian 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Shogunate |\n| --- |\n| 􀂅 Tokugawa family ruled Japan from 1603 until 1868 – also known as the Edo period\u003Cbr>􀂅 1635 – foreign trade limited to China, Korea, and Netherlands at Nagasaki a few times per year\u003Cbr>􀂅 Emperor (mikado) ruled in name only\u003Cbr>􀂆 Actual power held by the shogun\u003Cbr>|\n\n\n| Japanese Feudalism |\n| --- |\n|  |\n| \u003Cbr>Samurai – lived by Bushido, the “way of the warrior”(chivalric code)\u003Cbr>Shogun\u003Cbr>Daimyo\u003Cbr>Samurai\u003Cbr>Peasants, Merchants, etc.\u003Cbr>Ronin – those samurai without masters\u003Cbr>Ninja – a warrior trained to use unorthodox fighting methods (assassination, espionage, martial arts)\u003Cbr>|\n\nSlide 4  \nSlide 5  \nSlide 6  \nJapanese Culture and Economy  \n􀂅 Religion  \n􀂆 Mixture of native Shintoism (living spirits in all things) and Chinese Confucianism (based on the teachings of Confucius)  \n􀂅 Economy  \n􀂆 Growing internal trade during the Edo period  \n􀂆 Merchants began to surpass the samurai in wealth  \n􀂅 Rigid social stratification  \n􀂆 But these limits were being tested by the end of the Tokugawa shogunate   \nEnd of Japanese Isolation  \n􀂅 U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry (1794-1858)  \n􀂆 1853 – gunboat diplomacy  \n􀂆 1854 – trade treaty with the United States  \n􀂆 Great Britain, Holland (Netherlands), and Russia soon gained similar trading rights  \n􀂅 Townsend Harris (1804-1878)  \n􀂆 United States Consul General to Japan  \n􀂆 1858 – commercial treaty between U.S. and Japan  \n􀂆 European powers soon gained similar rights in Japan  \nJapanese Reaction  \n\n| Pros | Cons |\n| --- | --- |\n| “Dutch Learning”(Western knowledge) became very popular among many doctors, scholars, and scientists | Western knowledge went against many traditional Japanese beliefs |\n| Japanese entrepreneurs, merchants, and | Traditional holders of prestige and power |\n| budding industrialists stood to profit from | (daimyos and samurai) did not tend to |\n| increased trade | profit from increased trade |\n\n\n|  | Resentment\u003Cbr>•Extraterritorial rights of Americans and Europeans\u003Cbr>•Anti-foreign uprisings (1863-1864)\u003Cbr>•Japanese ports in turn bombarded by foreign ships |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Solution\u003Cbr>•“If you can‟t beat „em, join „em”\u003Cbr>•Japanese could benefit from knowledge of what happened to China\u003Cbr>•Japanese felt that they would be in a better position to renegotiate the trade treaties, and be less likely to be imposed upon, if they adopted Western ways (democracy, imperialism, industrialization, militarization, and modernization)– westernization |  |  |\n\nSlide 7  \nSlide 8  \nSlide 9  \nMeiji Restoration  \n􀂅 Shogun forced to relinquish power  \n􀂅 Power officially in hands of Emperor Mutsuhito  \n􀂆 His reign was called the “Meiji”  \n􀂅 Japan westernized  \n􀂆 Quickly went to work crafting a constitution  \nGovernmental Reforms  \n􀂅 Diet – Japan’s bicameral legislature  \n􀂆 First convened – 1889  \n􀂅 Meiji (Imperial) Constitution  \n􀂆 Adopted – 1890  \n􀂆 Followed until the end of World War II  \n| Economic Reforms |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| 􀂅 Abolition of feudalism\u003Cbr>􀂅 Currency (yen) adopted, 1872\u003Cbr>􀂅 Encouragement of foreign trade | |\n| 􀂅 Expansion and encouragement of industrialization\u003Cbr>􀂅 Growth of factories\u003Cbr>􀂆 First large factories manufactured textiles\u003Cbr>􀂆 First textile factory workers were girls and women\u003Cbr>􀂅 Land reform\u003Cbr>􀂅 Zaibatsu (large conglomerates) built and expanded |  |\n\nSlide 10  \nSlide 11  \nSlide 12  \n\n| Military Reforms |\n| --- |\n| 􀂅 Before the Meiji era: Armies were run by local daimyo and thus not subservient to a central government\u003Cbr>􀂅 Meiji era: Modern army and navy established which were loyal to the Japanese government\u003Cbr>􀂅 Used Prussia (Germany) as primary model\u003Cbr>􀂅 Firm belief that if Japan was to be taken seriously by Western powers, and was to avoid China’s fate, Japan would have to compete militarily\u003Cbr>􀂅 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