Japan Modernizes

1. Japan Modernizes

2. Structure Shoguns- military dictators Daimyo help shoguns control http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/rise_fall_canton_04/cw_gal_02_thumb.html

3. Tokugawa Period * Feudalism returns * Closed Japan * Forbade overseas travel * Nagasaki- only Dutch allowed limited trade http://www.japanirelandtravel.ie/download/1/Tokugawa-Period.jpg

4. Development Strains Society * Daimyo wealth in land, need $ in commercial society, samurai too * Merchants- bottom of society * Peasants- heavy taxes

5. External Pressure http://www.history.navy.mil/pics/perry_mc_front.jpg

6. http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/images/opium.gifhttp://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

7. http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/images/opium.gifhttp://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! http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/images/august07/Shogun3.jpg

8. 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

9. What to do? http://aboutjapan.japansociety.org/resources/category/1/6/2/6/images/BE060529.jpg

10. 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

11. http://alumni.ox.compsoc.net/~gemini/simons/historyweb/meiji-resto.htmlhttp://alumni.ox.compsoc.net/~gemini/simons/historyweb/meiji-resto.html

12. 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.

13. 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. Review: Copy the question and discuss the answer with a neighbor.

14. Daimyo & samurai lead revolt http://media.photobucket.com/image/tokugawa%20%20daimyo/opiepippo/samurai.jpg

15. 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

16. 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

17. Industrialization • Modernize • Gov build factory & sell to wealthy to develop • Zaibatsu- banking/industry families • Pop grows, cities too • Homogenous society emerges

18. Sino- Japanese War 1894 • China- more resources • Japan- modernized • Japan wins • Gets control of Taiwan from China http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Sino-Japanese_War

19. 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

20. Russo- Japanese War http://www.shs.d211.org/socialstudies/faculty/hxm/Russo_japanese_cartoons%5B1%5D.jpg

21. Russo-Japanese War, 1904 • Japan defeats Russians in Manchuria • Asian beats Euro! http://www.warchat.org/pictures/russo-japanese_war.jpg

22. 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

23. Treaty of Portsmouth • Japan controls Korea & Manchuria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Portsmouth

24. Japan Rules Korea • Protectorate – annex • Developed • Harsh rule • Protest/nationalist mvmt • March First Movement (est. 1919) • Early 1900s- Japan dominates Asia

25. Q: List three ways in which Japan modernized. Explain how each of these actions helped strengthen Japan so it could resist Western pressure. Review: Copy the question and discuss the answer with a neighbor.

26. A1: Japan est a Western-style govt This strengthened the military Q: List three ways in which Japan modernized. Explain how each of these actions helped strengthen Japan so it could resist Western pressure. Review: Copy the question and discuss the answer with a neighbor.

27. A2: Japan built modern factories This boosted the economy Q: List three ways in which Japan modernized. Explain how each of these actions helped strengthen Japan so it could resist Western pressure. Review: Copy the question and discuss the answer with a neighbor.

28. A3: Japan ended legal distinctions among classes This allowed more people to work toward nation-building Q: List three ways in which Japan modernized. Explain how each of these actions helped strengthen Japan so it could resist Western pressure. Review: Copy the question and discuss the answer with a neighbor.