Japanese

Front 1

Fumie

Back 1

Tokugawa-made icons, used as a test to see if people are catholic or not, abandoned in 1805

Front 2

Kurihama

Back 2

a part of Yokosuka where Matthew Perry landed in 1853

Front 3

townsend harris

Back 3

First US consul to Japan, completed the signing of the Harris Treaty, opening ports to US and granting US extraterritorialtiy

Front 4

Francis Xavier

Back 4

First missionary to Japan in 1850's

Front 5

Hotta Masayoshi

Back 5

Daimyo who tried to convince the emperor to sign the harris treaty, for fear of what the US would do if they didn't sign.

Front 6

Admiral Togo

Back 6

admiral of japan's navy during Russo-Japanese War, destroyed ships during the battle of tsushima

Front 7

August 6 1945

Back 7

Little boy was dropped on Hiroshima

Front 8

Charter Oath

Back 8

Charter written to show how the Meiji emperor would act in the future, considered japan's first step towards a modern constitution

Front 9

Dajoukan

Back 9

The japanese ruling system that ended in the early meiji period, by the end it had broken down into a series of ministries

Front 10

Zaibatsu

Back 10

Japanese megaconglomerates

Front 11

Saigo Takamori

Back 11

Former japanese samurai, influential in the beginning of the meiji government, leader of the satsuma rebellion. a revolt of satsuma samurai against meiji government in 1877. ended with his death

Front 12

Kokutai

Back 12

Japanese emperor sovereign thing

Front 13

Great kanto earthquake

Back 13

worst earthquake in japanese history in 1923. killed 100,000 people. anti-korean mobs broke out killing anyone who spoke funny

Front 14

Manchurian Incident

Back 14

Japanese soldiers blew up Chinese bridge in manchuria as pretext to invade rest of manchuria

Front 15

potsdam declaration

Back 15

declaration by president truman calling for Japan's total surrender in WW2 in 1945

Front 16

LDP

Back 16

japanese liberal democratic party, has been in power basically sense the end of the war

Front 17

Yoshida Shigeru

Back 17

Japanese prime minister, first LDP member. advocated reliance on US to help rebuild postwar japan

Front 18

rangaku

Back 18

Dutch learning in japan that helped keep them somewhat modern during the Tokugawa period of isolation

Front 19

Namamugi Affair

Back 19

samurai killed some british nationals when they disrespected them on the road, Brits wanted reparation, tokugawa shogunate wouldn't pay, satsuma daimyo had to 1862

Front 20

Ii Naosuke

Back 20

Tairo of Japan 1858-1860, Tokugawa Shogunate. signed the harris treaty, opening up japanese ports

Front 21

treaty of portsmouth

Back 21

treaty that ended the sino-japanese war 1904. granted japan lease of railroad, began japan's role as a world power.won roosevelt the nobel prize. set up america as world diplomat. gave korea as annex of japan

Front 22

Choshu

Back 22

domain in japan during tokugawa japan. one of the prominent domains responsible for the meiji restoration

Front 23

Ito Hirobumi

Back 23

first prime minister of japan during meiji period. disolved the diet, created many reforms

Front 24

mori arinori

Back 24

first minister of education, established 6 years of compulsory education

Front 25

Nanjing massacre

Back 25

massacre in nanjing by japanese military, killed raped hundreds of thousands of people 1937 during second sino-japanese war

Front 26

scap

Back 26

General Douglas MacArthur