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Japan becomes an imperialist power

Japan becomes an imperialist power. Japan Changes Direction During the Meiji Era: 1868 - 1912. Commodore Matthew Perry. 1853 – Commodore Matthew Perry “Opens Up” Japan to Western Trade!. What Did the U. S. Want??. Coaling stations. More trading partners.

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Japan becomes an imperialist power

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  1. Japan becomes an imperialist power

  2. Japan Changes Direction During the Meiji Era: 1868 - 1912 Commodore Matthew Perry

  3. 1853 – Commodore Matthew Perry“Opens Up” Japan to Western Trade!

  4. What Did the U. S. Want?? • Coaling stations. • More trading partners. • A haven for ship-wrecked sailors.

  5. Perry’s “Black Ships”

  6. The Treaty of Kanagawa - 1854

  7. Japan Learns a Lesson! In 1862, just before the start of the Meiji period, Tokugawa sent officials and scholars to China to study the situation there. A Japanese recorded in his diary from Shanghai… The Chinesehave become servants to the foreigners. Sovereignty may belong to China but in fact it's no more than a colony of Great Britain and France.

  8. China’s “Unequal Treaties” • After the Opium War of 1839-1842, Japan was convinced that it had to Open Up to the West.

  9. The Shi-shi (“Men of High Purpose”) • Highly idealistic samurai who felt that the arrival of Westerners was an attack on the traditional values of Japan. • They believed that: • Japan was sacred ground. • The emperor, now a figurehead in Kyoto, was a God. • Were furious at the Shogun for signing treaties with the West without the Emperor’s consent. • Their slogan Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarians!

  10. The Meiji Revolt - 1868 • A powerful group of samurai overthrow the Shogun. • Sakamoto Ryoma, the hero. • He helped Japan emerge from feudalism into a unified modern state.

  11. The Shogunate Is Overthrown! • The last Shogun. • Tokugawa Yoshinobu.

  12. The Emperor Is “Restored” to Power MEIJI “Enlightened Rule”

  13. Newspaper Cartoon, 1870s? Enlightened Half-Enlightened Un-Enlightened

  14. Modernization by “Selective Borrowing” • Popular board game. • Start by leaving Japan & studying in various Western capitals. • End by returning to Japan and becoming a prominent government official.

  15. EuropeanGoods • Europe began to “loom large” in the thinking of many Japanese. • New slogan:Japanese Spirit; Western Technology!

  16. Everything Western Was Fashionable!

  17. Everything Western Was Fashionable! Japanese soldiers with their wives.

  18. The Rulers Set the Tone with Western Dress Emperor Meiji Empress Haruko (1868- 1912)

  19. Changing Women’sFashions The First“Miss Japan”(1908) 1900 Styles

  20. LandRedistribution Westernizethe SchoolSystem(Fr. & Ger.) Abolitionof the feudal system ModernBankingSystem Modernize the Army(Prussian) MeijiReforms WrittenConstitution(Germans) Build aModern Navy(British) Human Rights & ReligiousFreedom EmperorWorshipIntensified

  21. A Constitutional GovernmentCopied from the Germans Satsuma & Choshu Families The Emperorof Japan The Diet(Legislative Body) 1889 Constitutionof Japan House ofRepresentatives House of Peers

  22. Expansionism& the Rise of Military Power New players on the block?

  23. Sino-Japanese War: 1894-1895 The Meiji Emperor was in Hiroshima during the Sino-Japanese War

  24. Soldiers on the BattlefieldDuring the Sino-Japanese War The Treaty of Shimonoseki ended the war.

  25. The Russo-Japanese War:1904-1905 The Battle of Tsushima:The results startled the world!

  26. President Teddy Roosevelt Mediates the Peace The Treaty of Portsmouth, NH ended the Russo-Japanese War.

  27. Japan Annexes Korea

  28. Japan Is a Player in China

  29. Competition from Another “Pacific” Power Is on the Horizon

  30. The U. S. “Great White Fleet”

  31. But, Japanese Power Would Grow . . .

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