JapanesePhilosophies and Religions

Shintoism

Zen Buddhism

Bushido

Japan: The Meiji Restoration

and ImperialismCopy down all notes that are underlined

on page 6 of your Imperialism Booklet.

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The Tokugawa Shogunate• Tokugawa Ieyasu became the Shogun in 1603 and his

descendants ruled until 1868.

• ISOLATION: By the mid-1600s no foreigners were allowed in Japan except one small Dutch community and occasional Chinese and Korean merchants.

• The Dutch were only allowed to have ships come once per year!

• The Tokugawa Shogunate is known for great art and literature.

Opening of Japan• Opening of Japan: In 1853 U.S. Navy Commodore

Matthew Perry arrived with gunships in Japan.• Japanese officials did not want to open trade with

the West, but realized that the U.S. military was more powerful than their own.

• (Japan agreed to open several ports to the U.S. (and then other European nations).

End of the Tokugawa Shogunate• Rebel daimyo (lords) attacked western ships in 1863

and lost.

• When they failed to win, they were convinced they needed to change Japan.

• The rebels then overthrew the Shogun in 1868 and restored the

Emperor as the true leader of Japan.

The Meiji Restoration• The Emperor Meiji led a new era of reform and

modernization, called “The Meiji Restoration.”• Goal was western-style government

• Emperor selected upper house representatives, lower house elected.

• Government funded industrialization and education.

• Women were able to get an education and many moved into factory work.

• Japan brought in many westerners as teachers.

Japanese Imperialism• Japan didn’t only westernize its government style

and its economy.• Japan also became an imperialist nation.• 1876 – forced Korea to open ports to Japanese.• 1894 –

Sino-Japanese War : Japan wins control of some Chinese territory and China gives up all claims on Korea.

• (read declarations of war?)

Japanese Imperialism• 1904 – Russo-Japanese War: Japan takes territory in

China and islands from Russia.

Japanese Imperialism• 1908 – Japan takes complete control of Korea (until

end of WW II in 1945)– Koreans were forced to learn

Japanese

– Koreans were used as slave labor

Overall, a verybrutal

occupation