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Covers Edo-period governance, Japanese feudal classes, samurai and ronin, and ninja as unconventional warriors. Explains cultural and economic shifts, the decline of isolation through U.S. and European pressure, and domestic reactions including resentment and anti-foreign uprisings. 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Social and economic limits were being tested toward the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.","Answer",{"name":114,"@type":109,"acceptedAnswer":115},"What led to the end of Japanese isolation?",{"text":116,"@type":112},"U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry used gunboat diplomacy in 1853, followed by a trade treaty with the United States in 1854. Great Britain, Holland (Netherlands), and Russia soon gained similar trading rights, and Townsend Harris negotiated additional U.S.–Japan commercial arrangements in 1858.",{"name":118,"@type":109,"acceptedAnswer":119},"What were the main Meiji era reforms and their purpose?",{"text":120,"@type":112},"The Meiji Restoration required the shogun to relinquish power and placed official authority with Emperor Mutsuhito. 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Inc.  \nThe Tokugawa Shogunate  \n􀂅 Tokugawa family ruled Japan from 1603 until 1868 – also known as the Edo period  \n􀂅 1635 – foreign trade limited to China, Korea, and Netherlands at Nagasaki a few times per year  \n􀂅 Emperor (mikado) ruled in name only  \n􀂆 Actual power held by the shogun  \nJapanese Feudalism  \nSamurai – lived by Bushido, the “way of the warrior”(chivalric code)  \nShogun  \nDaimyo  \nSamurai  \nPeasants, Merchants, etc.  \nRonin – those samurai  \nwithout masters  \nNinja – a warrior trained to  \nuse unorthodox fighting methods (assassination, espionage, martial arts)  \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| 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|  | \u003Cbr>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\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  \nEconomic Reforms  \n􀂅 Abolition of feudalism  \n􀂅 Currency (yen) adopted, 1872  \n􀂅 Encouragement of foreign trade  \n􀂅 Expansion and encouragement of industrialization  \n􀂅 Growth of factories  \n􀂆 First large factories manufactured textiles  \n􀂆 First textile factory workers were girls and women  \n􀂅 Land reform  \n􀂅 Zaibatsu (large conglomerates) built and expanded  \nMilitary Reforms  \n􀂅 Before the Meiji era: Armies were run by local daimyo and thus not subservient to a central government  \n􀂅 Meiji era: Modern army and navy established which were loyal to the Japanese government  \n􀂅 Used Prussia (Germany) as primary model  \n􀂅 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  \n􀂅 Conscription (1873)– all men had to serve for three years after turning twenty-one","cbCais9Y0B5SEE3B","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCais9Y0B5SEE3B","pdf",1011891,"English","# The Tokugawa Shogunate\n## Japanese Feudalism\n# Japanese Culture and Economy\n## End of Japanese Isolation\n# Japanese 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