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Meiji Restoration

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

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Meiji Restoration

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  1. Meiji Restoration

  2. Tenpo Crisis Oshio Heihachiro

  3. The Arrival of the West

  4. Commodore Matthew Perry

  5. 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 • Opened larger ports to trade/immigration • Americans accused of crimes would be tried in American courts

  6. Reactions to Western Contact Shishi Kawakami Gensai Fukoku kyohei

  7. Meiji Restoration

  8. Political Players Okubo Toshimichi Kido Takayoshi Saigo Takamori The Last Samurai inspiration

  9. Political Leadership

  10. Military Changes

  11. Social Changes

  12. Cultural Changes Oiran (Courtesan,) 1876 Takahashi Yuichi

  13. Rokumeikan vs Ryounkaku Rokumeikan – social hall built in Tokyo Ryounkaku

  14. Japanese Industrialization Tomioka Silk Mill

  15. Reactions to Change Kashida Toshiko

  16. What does it mean to be Japanese?

  17. A Japanese Constitution

  18. Education Reform

  19. Gendering Japan Yajima Kajiko - Founder of TWRS

  20. Religious Changes Shintoism - Worships divine Kami - Imperial family are kami - No moral code built in - Morality focused on collective, not individual - Four Affirmations 1. Tradition and Family 2. Love of Nature 3. Cleanliness 4. Matsuri – worship kami

  21. The Emperor

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