From the beginning of Japanese civilization there was feudal Japan. This period of time (700 or so years)‚ this was not so modern it didn’t have strict political‚ economic‚ and social structure. But the Meiji Restoration was very moral in their structure. The Meiji Restoration lasted from 1868 with the new emperor Meiji‚ to 1912‚ ‘the death of Emperor Meiji.’ (Encyclopaedia Britannica 2014). The Meiji Period was responsible for the emergence of Japan as a modernized nation in the early 20th century
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expansion? The root of Japan’s militarism started out from the developments of the Meiji era that was established by imperial restoration after Edo period. The idea of the Meiji Revolution‚ to boost morale and to extricate Japan from the idea of Tokugawa feudalism‚ had been carried over to turn Japan into militarism. In 1930s‚ a lot of external and internal influences such as Western Powers‚ Japan’s victories of war in Asia‚ economic depression and Japan’s oversea expansion with the successful Meiji
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Throughout the Tokugawa era (1603 AD- 1868 AD)‚ the women were thought to only be suitable for marriage and her only purpose should be learning to please her husband (Silva-Grondin). They were taught to be submissive to their husbands and were given no legal rights. These
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caused by internal factor. Firstly‚ internally‚ in political aspect‚ the long military tradition was one of the reason of the rise of Japanese militarism. Before Emperor Meiji regained the political power in 1868‚ Japan had been ruled by Towugawa Shogunate‚ for several centuries‚ the shogun have imposed military rule. Moreover‚ under Meiji Constitution‚ the military still enjoyed superior status. They had direct access to the emperor and were not controlled by the parliament (Diet). The education reforms
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Feudalism‚ a dominant social system in both Europe and Japan‚ became a remarkably important aspect of medieval life. It was a response to military necessity during a time when there were no armies or governments with the funding to support such defense. In this social system‚ the nobility held the lands given to them by the Crown in exchange for military service and in which vassals were tenants of the nobles while the peasants were
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THE MEIJI RESTORATION AND LATE QING REFORMATION: AN ANALYSIS OF OUTCOMES. Before Western incursion in South East Asia‚ both China and Japan had enjoyed self-imposed isolation from the rest of the world. Whereas China had limited its contact to the outside world to limited trade at a few ports—a system known as the “Canton” system‚ Japan‚ however‚ had completely shut itself to the outside world—an attempt to stay foreign influence on its radical feudal political system. This brought significant
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forming the ways Japan functions today. Prior to the late 17th century‚ Japan had virtually no contact with industrialized countries. They traded strictly with Asian countries like Korea‚ China and Indonesia. During this time period Japan was ruled by Tokugawa shoguns that had a very strict hand on the citizens of Japan which might explain why they didn’t ship textiles to a broad spectrum of countries. While Japan still has many of the same morals and values as it did 200 years ago‚ they are continually
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PART II: UNIT III: 1450 - 1750C.E. In the previous era (600-1450 C.E.)‚ sometimes called thepost-classical period‚ we explored the rise of new civilizations inboth hemispheres‚ the spread of major religions that created culturalareas for analysis‚ and an expansion of long-distance trade toinclude European and African kingdoms. However‚ no sustained contactoccurred between the eastern and western hemisphere. During the timeperiod between 1450 and 1750 C.E.‚ the two hemispheres were linkedand for
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Compare and contrast the life‚ work and social situation of Kano Eitoku and Hasegawa Tohaku. Kano Eitoku and Hasegawa Tohaku were two painters‚ who worked during the Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan. Although Eitoku is far better known as an artist‚ due to not only his outstanding ability in painting but also because he was a leading figure from his familial Kano School‚ Tohaku is often considered a rival as his skill and talent was highly comparable to that of Eitoku. Bearing in mind that Eitoku
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Bibliography: * Andrew Gordon‚ A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa times to the Present‚ (New York‚ NY: Oxford University Press‚ 2009) * Mikio Sumiya‚ A history of Japanese trade and industry policy‚ (New York‚ NY: Oxfor University Press‚ reprinted in 2004) [ 2 ]. The Economist‚ Millenium Issue: Japan ’s zaibatsu
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