Meiji period

traditional sense where not formed until the late-Heian period. High ranking women engaged in combat and took military command. Instances of onna-bugeisha date from before Japan’s first occurrences of written history all the way to the mid-nineteenth. The warrior women’s roles in war transformed several times throughout the expansive timeline in which they existed. Some of the first evidence of combative women dates from the mid Kofun Period (250-538 CE). Physical records of this time, if made,…

issued an edict that prevented Japanese from leaving Japan, and closed Japan to all foreigners. This brought 250 years of peace to the country. In July 1853, US Commodore Perry was the first foreigner to gain access into the closed country during this period. This event lead to the demise of the Tokugawa Shogunate, as Perry influenced other countries to do the same. With the sudden opening of its doors to westerners, Japan was not able to cope, socially, politically, or economically and the…

In the time period of 1840 until 1900 Japan and China were both subjected to western imperialism, but they reacted in different ways. Japan was able to adapt to imperialism much better than China was by changing their economy and government. They abolished feudalism, and in order to become more western, they created a new army and industrialized their economy. China on the other hand, was suffering from many internal conflicts, so it was not difficult for Great Britain and other western…

In the time of the Tokugawa period, there was peace, stability, and economic growth. During the Tokugawa period, the economic growth became the fastest growing compared to the time before it. First of all, the economy started to have agriculture in the society and soon became the best job in Tokugawa. It’s because people made the generation to change in time and move further. According to Lucien Ellington, “Increasing number of farmers were not only engaged in substance agriculture but were…

Interactions between the West, Latin America, and Asia The first industrial societies of the world began in the West which consisted of North America and most of Western Europe. These societies needed abundant raw materials and new markets to fuel their industrialization. The West turned to the preindustrial societies of Latin America and Asia to fulfill this need. The West used their tools, technologies, financial influence, and transportation networks to acquire natural resources from Latin…

In chapter 3, Garon articulates the complexity of the state-society relations regarding the regulation of the licensed prostitution from the Meiji period to 1945 arguing that many scholars simplified the state-society relations. He states the origin of prostitution as a legitimate response to poverty and justified as a part of filial obligation in Japan and explains the debates over the abolition of the licensed prostitution between the protestant abolitionists and the regulationists. The…

They both had prior experience of imitation. Japan had copied from China and Russia from Byzantium and the Mongols. They knew that learning from the West could be profitable and wouldn’t destroy their native cultures. In Japan, the Emperor Meiji sent out samurai to parts of the West to pick up ideas. Western style clothing such as ties, pants, and loafers replaced traditional samurai outfitting. Western hygiene including toothbrushes, vaccines and patent medicines were introduced and…

I enjoyed the discussion involving Japan. I have personal interest in topic surrounding Japanese society and their political environment. I will be discussing the implication of the Meiji Constitution and how it has affected women economically and socially since implementation. In 1887, during the Meiji period…

In Japan, Samurai were of the military elite during the medieval and early-modern period. In Japanese, they are known as bushi or buke. By the 12th century, the word samurai became synonymous with bushi. It was closely associated with the middle and upper ranks of the warrior class. Usually associated with a clan and their lord, the samurai also followed a set of rules that later came to be known as the bushidō. Although the samurai numbered less than 10% of Japan's former population, their…

Translating to “wealthy clique” the Zaibatsu were the conglomerate businesses created during the Meiji restoration where one company comprised of one family held complete control over all subsidiaries while maintaining a monopoly of the industry sector. Dating back to the Tokugawa period the prominent large merchant houses would transcend to become Zaibatsu and during this time companies were just beginning to form with little separation between shareholders and management. Their economic growth…