Imperialism in Japan
Japan was one of many countries imperialized and influenced by western culture.
Japan however didn’t get negatively effected through western influence due to shogun Tokugawa deciding peace over war. Japan may have lost culture in surrender but they gained immense military and industrial power.
1853 General Matthew Perry entered tokyo bay with 4 ships never seen before, and technology japan had not even come close to. With massive ships that japan thought as dragons Japan was faced with a tough enemy. A seemingly unbeatable foe left japan with a tough decision open trade with America or fight for their culture and pride.The shogun Tokugawa decided that he could not allow his people get slaughtered and realized the only way to keep japan safe was to accept defeat and open the country to western culture. By agreeing to these terms Tokugawa would have step down and samurai would lose their power.This was a huge deal to japan because without the governing of shogun they would have to rely on one person, the emperor, which shifted the balance of power. …show more content…
With the loss of a major governing role in the shoguns the useless emperor was the center of power and he would deal with foreign trade. This was called the Meiji restoration stated by asia. With shoguns out of the picture the emperor could advance the country and allow for more ideas to spread into japan which would industrialize the country so fast that soon after being imperialized they became the ones doing the imperializing (stated by asiaforeducators.com). Japan shifted its attention to modernize the country. The country was finally out isolation after 250 years (stated by
Japan was one of many countries imperialized and influenced by western culture.
Japan however didn’t get negatively effected through western influence due to shogun Tokugawa deciding peace over war. Japan may have lost culture in surrender but they gained immense military and industrial power.
1853 General Matthew Perry entered tokyo bay with 4 ships never seen before, and technology japan had not even come close to. With massive ships that japan thought as dragons Japan was faced with a tough enemy. A seemingly unbeatable foe left japan with a tough decision open trade with America or fight for their culture and pride.The shogun Tokugawa decided that he could not allow his people get slaughtered and realized the only way to keep japan safe was to accept defeat and open the country to western culture. By agreeing to these terms Tokugawa would have step down and samurai would lose their power.This was a huge deal to japan because without the governing of shogun they would have to rely on one person, the emperor, which shifted the balance of power. …show more content…
With the loss of a major governing role in the shoguns the useless emperor was the center of power and he would deal with foreign trade. This was called the Meiji restoration stated by asia. With shoguns out of the picture the emperor could advance the country and allow for more ideas to spread into japan which would industrialize the country so fast that soon after being imperialized they became the ones doing the imperializing (stated by asiaforeducators.com). Japan shifted its attention to modernize the country. The country was finally out isolation after 250 years (stated by