Japan

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How did feudal Japan develop?

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During the feudal period, as military rule took over, the emperor's rule was restricted to religious matters. Feudalism in Japan lasted from the 12th until the 19th century. Its military-led warrior culture emerged partly in response to the threat of Mongol invasions in the 13th century.

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Why did Japan isolate itself?

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Tokugawa Ieyasu did not want the Japanese people exposed toWestern ideas. He was also concerned because he saw the Europeansestablishing colonies in many of the areas they explored. He wantedto ensure Japan’s safety and sovereignty.

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What were the effects of isolation?

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Japan didn't collapse economically, but the agricultural sector remained weak. Economic growth came from trading within Japan. A monetary system was developed.

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What did feudal Japanese society look like? (social hierarchy)

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* Warrior-administrators and hereditary elites (royalty?) were at the top

* Peasants were next - produced food

* Craftsmen and artisans were next

* Merchants were outside the class system because they did not produce anything for society

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Why did Japan end seclusion?

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U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's fleet in 1853, asked that Japan open its ports to trade and restocking of ships from other countries. It was a huge shock to many people just how advanced the technology was.

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What were the effects of ending seclusion?

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* Japan lost peace and stability from the Tokugawa period.

* helped Japan had become more modern and they were able to improve their technology, military and political system.

* gave the Japanese more freedom to travel

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Shogun/shogunate

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was the military dictator of Japan during the period from 1185 to 1868 (with exceptions). In most of this period, the shoguns were the de facto rulers of the country, although nominally they were appointed by the Emperor as a ceremonial formality.

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Tokugawa Ieyasu

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Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which effectively ruled Japan from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868

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Daimyo

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powerful Japanese feudal lords who, until their decline in the early Meiji period, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings.

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Samurai

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a member of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan, especially a member of the class of military retainers of the daimyos.

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Meiji Restoration

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The Meiji Restoration (明治維新 Meiji Ishin), also known as the Meiji Ishin, Renovation, Revolution, Reform, or Renewal, was an event of change that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.

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Treaty of Kanagawa

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The Treaty of Kanagawa was an 1854 agreement between the United States of America and the government of Japan. ... The treaty was accepted by the Japanese after a squadron of American warships anchored in the mouth of Tokyo Bay on July 8, 1853.

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Matthew Perry

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Matthew Calbraith Perry - United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations between United States and Japan;

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Explain how feudalism ended in Japan and its effects on society

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The development of commerce and cities, and pressure fromthe West to trade with Japan, changed the environment in which the shoguns anddaimyo ruled. It was in this changed environment that the shogunate resignedand the emperor was restored to power in the Meiji Restoration of 1868. Thismarked the abolition of the feudal system and the adoption of numerous Westerninstitutions, including a Western legal system and constitutional government.

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Social hierarchy in feudal Japan

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emperor (floating cloud)

*shogun

*daimyo

*peasants

merchants off chart (bottom)