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- 3. Tokugawa Shogunate1603-1868Characterized by isolationJapan closed off to all trade (except Dutch and Chinese)Centralized feudalism: strong central government
- 4. FeudalismA political, economic, and social system based on loyalty, the holding of land, and military service.Japan:ShogunLand - ShoenLoyaltyDaimyoDaimyoLand - ShoenLoyaltySamuraiSamuraiSamuraiFoodProtectionPeasantPeasantPeasantPeasant
- 5. The emperor reigned, but did not always rule!Feudal Society
- 6. Social StructureShogun: chief general who ran countryDamiyo: great landownersSamurai: warrior knights
- 7. Samurai
- 8. Japan ends its isolation
- 9. Facing the Demand for Foreign TradeEuropeans and U.S. start to demand that Japan open up to foreign trade. Japan initially refuses
- 10. Commodore Matthew Perry1853: Perry sails 4 steamships to harbor at Edo (Tokyo) with letter from President Millard FillmoreLetter – asks Japan to allow U.S. ships to refuel
- 11. Treaty of Kanagawa1854: Japan opens up 2 ports to U.S. shipsWhy does Japan sign the Treaty of Kanagawa?Significance?Opens up door for other Western powers
- 12. Japan learns a lesson from the ChineseThe Chinesehave become servants to the foreigners. Sovereignty may belong to China but in fact it's no more than a colony of Great Britain and France.Japanese diary entry, 1862
- 13. Remember China, the Opium Wars, etc???Opium Wars – extraterritorial rights, etc.Open Door PolicySpheres of influenceJapan is convinced that it has to open up to the west
- 14. The Shogunate is Overthrown!Japanese angry at shogun for agreeing to Kanagawa…losing control of country??
- 15. Emperor Mutsuhito Restored to Power
- 16. Meiji RestorationMeiji = EnlightenedLook to west and adopt their ways
- 17. Newspaper Cartoon, 1870sEnlightened Half-Enlightened Un-Enlightened
- 18. Modernization by “Selective Borrowing” Popular board game.
- 19. Start by leaving Japan & studying in various Western capitals.
- 20. End by returning to Japan and becoming a prominent government official.EuropeanGoods Europe began to “loom large” in the thinking of many Japanese.
- 21. New slogan:Japanese Spirit; Western Technology!The Japanese Became Obsessedwith Western StylesCivilization and Enlightenment!
- 22. LandRedistributionPublic Education (U.S.)Abolitionof the feudal systemModernBankingSystemModernize the Army(Prussian)MeijiReformsWrittenConstitution(Germans)Build aModern Navy(British)Human Rights & ReligiousFreedomEmperorWorshipIntensified
- 23. What’s the big idea????Japan modernizes!!! Accepts western ideals…including IMPERIALISM
- 25. Japanese ImperialismMilitary power by 1890. strongest military in AsiaEliminates extraterritorial rights of foreigners…promises fair treatmentEmpire-building to met security and economic needs
- 26. Japan Attacks ChinaSino-Japanese War 1894-1895Fight over KoreaChina is expected to win…Japan wins. Signal of Japanese successGet Taiwan and Pescadore Islands
- 27. Russo-Japanese War1904-1905War over ManchuriaJapan wants Russia to stay out of Korea…1904: surprise attack on RussiaJapan wins… shocking to the entire world!
- 28. President Teddy Roosevelt Mediates the PeaceThe Treaty of Portsmouth, NH ended the Russo-Japanese War.
- 29. Treaty of PortsmouthJapan gets captured territoriesRussia stays out of Manchuria and Korea
- 31. Korea under Japanese occupationAnnexation: Adding a region to the territory of an already existing political unit.Japan annexes Korea in 1910Rule?HarshControl education, newspaper, prohibit public protestLand taken from farmers and given to settlersModernize Korea
- 32. Next Steps…Modernization / Imperialism steps – could Japan have become an imperialized power if it had not modernized? Why or why not?Why does Japan become aggressive imperialist power?Compare / contrast Chinese and Japanese imperialism – responses, outcomes, etc.
Editor's Notes
- #15: Tokugawa Yoshinobu