japan modernize s. structure shoguns- military dictators daimyo help shoguns
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Japan Japan ModerniModerni
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StructureStructure
http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/rise_fall_canton_04/cw_gal_02_thumb.html
Shoguns- military dictators
Daimyo help shoguns control
Tokugawa Tokugawa PeriodPeriod
http://www.japanirelandtravel.ie/download/1/Tokugawa-Period.jpg
* Feudalism returns* Closed Japan* Forbade overseas travel* Nagasaki- only Dutch allowed limited trade
Development Strains Society
* Daimyo wealth in land, need $ in commercial society, samurai too
* Merchants- bottom of society* Peasants- heavy taxes
External Pressure
http://www.history.navy.mil/pics/perry_mc_front.jpg
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/images/august07/Shogun3.jpg
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/images/opium.gif
http://www.tailordave.com/images/Stories/5/2.jpg
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/images/august07/Shogun3.jpg
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/images/opium.gif
http://www.tailordave.com/images/Stories/5/2.jpg
I remember the Chinese losing to the British.I don’t want
that to happen!
Commodore Matthew Perry
•July 1853 sails into Tokyo on Pres. Fillmore’s order
•Demands Japan open diplomatic & commercial exchange
http://mysite.du.edu/~ttyler/ploughboy/perryphoto.jpg
What to do?
http://aboutjapan.japansociety.org/resources/category/1/6/2/6/images/BE060529.jpg
Treaty of Kanagawa, 1854
•Open two ports to Americans
•U.S. later wins other rights–Extraterritoriality–Low taxes on U.S. imports–Euro soon follow too
•Japanese humiliated http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/treaty_of_kanagawa/treaty_images.html
http://alumni.ox.compsoc.net/~gemini/simons/historyweb/meiji-resto.html
Review: Copy the question and discuss the answer with a
neighbor.• Q: What
problems weakened shogun rule in Japan mid-1800s?
• Q: What caused Japan to end over 200 years of seclusion?
Review: Copy the question and discuss the answer with a
neighbor.• Q: What
problems weakened shogun rule in Japan mid-1800s?
• Q: What caused Japan to end over 200 years of seclusion?
• A: Financial hardship, social resentment, taxes, corruption
• A: A display of power by the U.S.
Daimyo & samurai lead revolt
http://media.photobucket.com/image/tokugawa%20%20daimyo/opiepippo/samurai.jpg
Emperor Mutshito- “Meiji”
•1868- 1912–Meiji Restoration
•“A rich country, a strong military”
•Study Western ways, adopt to Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Meiji
Modern Govt•1889- Meiji Const.
•Emperor- abs pwr•Diet- Legislature
–Elected house –House appointed by emperor
•Lmtd voting•End samurai- all men
subject to military
http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/throwing_off_asia_01/toa_essay02.html
Industrialization•Modernize•Gov build factory & sell to
wealthy to develop•Zaibatsu- banking/industry
families•Pop grows, cities too•Homogenous society emerges
Sino- Japanese War
•China- more resources
•Japan- modernized
•Japan wins–Gets control of Taiwan from China
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_S
ino-Japanese_War
1894
Korea in the Middle• Tributary state
(independent, but acknowledges supremacy of stronger state-China)
• Japan eyes Korea–Forces K to open ports to Japan
http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/resources/assets//M/ms_korea_4776.gif
Russo- Japanese War
http://www.shs.d211.org/socialstudies/faculty/hxm/Russo_japanese_cartoons%5B1%5D.jpg
Russo-Japanese War, 1904
•Japan defeats Russians in Manchuria
•Asian beats Euro!
http://www.warchat.org/pictures/russo-japanese_war.jpg
This political cartoon, intended for foreign distribution, was published by Japan a month after the start of the war. Entitled "A Humorous Diplomatic Atlas of Europe and Asia," it
depicts Russia as a "black octopus."
http://www.bigredhair.com/boilerplate/soldier/bp.octopus.tn.jpg
Treaty of Portsmouth
• Japan controls Korea & Manchuria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Portsmouth
Japan Rules Korea•Protectorate – annex•Developed•Harsh rule•Protest/nationalist mvmt
–March First Movement (est. 1919)
•Early 1900s- Japan dominates Asia
Review: Copy the question and discuss the answer with a
neighbor.• Q: List three ways
in which Japan modernized. Explain how each of these actions helped strengthen Japan so it could resist Western pressure.
•A1: Japan est a Western-style govt–This strengthened the military
Review: Copy the question and discuss the answer with a
neighbor.• Q: List three ways
in which Japan modernized. Explain how each of these actions helped strengthen Japan so it could resist Western pressure.
•A2: Japan built modern factories–This boosted the economy
Review: Copy the question and discuss the answer with a
neighbor.• Q: List three ways
in which Japan modernized. Explain how each of these actions helped strengthen Japan so it could resist Western pressure.
•A3: Japan ended legal distinctions among classes–This allowed more people to work toward nation-building
Review: Copy the question and discuss the answer with a
neighbor.• Q: List three ways
in which Japan modernized. Explain how each of these actions helped strengthen Japan so it could resist Western pressure.