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Lots of fish to eat

FC.59B AN ALTERNATE HISTORY OF JAPAN (4200 BCE-PRESENT) . Humanoids & Godzillas finally make peace & ally vs. common threats from Pupaesauruses, the last mechagodzilla, a giant spider, & Communism. Titantosauruses (“monsters w/o fire”) run civil serv. Lots of zinc. Mild climate.

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Lots of fish to eat

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  1. FC.59B AN ALTERNATE HISTORY OF JAPAN (4200 BCE-PRESENT) Humanoids & Godzillas finally make peace & ally vs. common threats from Pupaesauruses, the last mechagodzilla, a giant spider, & Communism Titantosauruses (“monsters w/o fire”) run civil serv. Lots of zinc Mild climate Lots of volcanoes Silvery coats for monsters Get more dates Dig up more zinc Monster population rises Competition w/stupid humanoids Good for hatching monster eggs Golden age of Empire of the Godzillas (4200-2350 BCE) Rodans, 1000X size of Pteranedons, deliver stuff Godzillas (“Friendly Dragons”) rule by right of high IQs (avg. 165) & ability to breathe fire Mothras (giant moths w/tiny brains) follow tiny twin girls who sing to them 4th Battle of Tokyo (1961) Humanoids (“idiots w/tiny hands”) move chess pieces & build pagodas (“fish houses”) Things prosper until humanoids of the “ Third planet escaping from the Black Hole” attack earth using mechagodzillas Godzillas drive out mechagodzillas, but only 17 godzillas survive “Time of Troubles” (2350-1498 BCE) when humanoid revolt drives monsters into sea ”The Big Sleep” (1498 BCE-1945 CE) when monsters lie dormant, lick their wounds, & reproduce every 500 yrs Godzillas wake up & stomp Tokyo with fire & tail Humanoids learn their lesson Humanoids back to old tricks Monsters satisfied go back to sleep Rouses monsters from ecological apathy Rouses monsters from ecological apathy 1st Battle of Tokyo (1954) 2nd Battle of Tokyo (1956) 3rd Battle of Tokyo (1957) Lots of fish to eat Ind. Rev. (FC.116) Ind Rev. (FC.116)

  2. Japan depends heavily on foreign trade Gov. coordinates & funds ind’s RR;s, mining, army, navy, merch. marine & mod. agr. Draftees replace samurai Polit. & soc. reforms modeled on West, but keeping trad. Jap. values  Conditions to modernize: Famine disease, inflation, & unrest in 1830s U.S. forces Japan to open up to the West (1854) Pop. grows faster than agr. Prod. Replace feudal w/mod. prov’s Abolish class distinctions Keep Shinto as state relig. Mandatory educ. for all Industrial & military reforms: Stresses from overpopul. Power & need to expand Japan emerging as a big power FC. 125 THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN JAPAN (1853-1937) 200 yrs of peace weaken samurai (FC.61) Brit. power in China worries Japan (FC.124) Struggle b/w isolationists & West. style reformers as Jap. Gov. weakens Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7) Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7) 1868- Meiji Restoration of emperor’s power & program of reforms to make Japan a major power Success of Ger Unif., Ind. Rev. & autocracy (FC.121) Banking tech’s & unific. under Tokugawas (FC.61) Sino-Jap. War (1894-5) Rev. in Chin. (FC.124) Japan joins allies vs. Germany in WWI (FC.127) Russo-Jap. War (1903-5)  Rev. of 1905 (FC.129) Communist Rev. in China (FC.147) Jap. gets Ger’s lands in China FC.128) Com. Rev. in Rus (FC.130) Growing milit. control of Gov. Jap. takes Manchuria from China (1931) Japan invades China (1937) WWII in Asia (FC.135) Depression cuts trade (FC.132)

  3. Quiz: Which of the following is real footage and which is fake? Fake: There’s no such thing as a giant ape. Real Real Fake: Godzillas hate the snow. Real Real

  4. Godzilla love-making has been most often compared to Klingon sex, but even more romantic.

  5. Victoria’s Secret has recently market a line of miracle bras for female Godzillas.

  6. However, Godzillas are also very family oriented and attend church regularly

  7. Site of major Godzilla attack since 1945 Tokyo (16X) Osaka (8X)

  8. FC.59 THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY JAPAN Japan mostly mts. Japan politically fragmented  feudal warfare Small intensively farmed plots  Cooperative soc. Few invasions Less need for strong govt. Less contact w/Asia  Pick & choose for. ideas Resourceful traders & craftsmen Japan being islands Few resources Civilization comes later to Japan Yayoi Culture (c.300 B.C.E.) importing tech. from Asia Yamato Culture (c.300 C.E.) from Asia with horses & better iron tech.: Shintoism which reveres cleanliness, nature, & head of Yamato clan as its religious leader Clans (Uji) who gradually absorb each other through marriage, relig. ties & diplomacy as well as war Yamato Clan unifies Most of Japan by 400 C.E. Japan more open to Chinese influence: Buddh. scriptures Use writing to keep govt. records Confucianism Respect authority & strict hierarchy Growing centralization of the state despite resistance Taika Reforms (645 C.E.) to adapt Chinese govt. techniques to Japan: Permanent capital at Kyoto Turn hereditary nobles into appointed officials Census & redistribution of land to peasants Systematic taxation Taiho Law Code (702), based on Chinese code, organized govt. w/strong emphasis on court ceremony & ritual rather than military strength Increased power of emperor & court, but with Japanese modifications: Omission of Mandate of Heaven Officials & monasteries tax exempt Birth still basis for promotion Even bad emp’s ran little risk of revolution Narrower tax base & greater burden on the poor Hereditary nobles kept status in Japan Still a step forward in the development of Japanese state (FC.60)

  9. FC.60 JAPAN FROM THE HEIANKYO PERIOD TO THE RISE OF THE SAMURAI Powerful Budd. Monasteries Influence of T’ang Dynasty Tax exemptions hurt state (FC.59) Powerful rural nobles (FC.59) Move capital to Heian-Kyo (Kyoto), modeled after Chin. capital, Ch’ang-an Fujiwara family intermarries with emperors & rules for them Rival buddhist sects est. monasteries & own armies  Chronic source of trouble Revolts by frontier warlords & native Ainu Expose govt’s milit. weakness Brilliant court life Influenced later Jap. art & poetry Nobles & court cut off from rest of soc. Rising power of provincial warlords Decline of central govt. & Fujiwara infl. at court Civil war which Minamoto clan wins Kamakura Shogunate (1185-1333) Set up the Bakufu, small efficient milit. Govt. ruling over warrior class of samurai characterized by: The Bushido, a strict code of honor demanding selfless loyalty, bravery, & willingness to suffer hardships Lighter armor of lacquered iron scales & proficiency in both the sword & bow, emphasizing flexibility Hojo regency (1205-1333) which is strong at first Until 2 unsuccessful Mongol invasions create problems: Peaceful conditions & rise of middle class & money econ Samurai mad at not getting rewarded Inflation cuts into nobles’ income Huge cost to defeat the Mongols Nobles imitate rich life at court Hojo power seriously weakened Poor samurai become ronin (bandits) Ashikaga Shogunate replaces Hojo Regency (1338-1573) Growing turmoil & rising power of local warlords (FC.61)

  10. FC.61 JAPAN FROM THE ASHIKAGA TO TOKUGAWA SHOGUNATES (1338-1639) Better tech., especially in agriculture Japanese pirates disrupt trade with China Ashikaga Shogunate (FC.60) Struggle w/Emperor Godaigo & outlying regions Expensive projects cut into Shogun’s estate & tax $ Rise of constables in provinces whose power grows as shoguns decline Turbulent “Age of Warring States” Rise of provincial rulers (daimyo), many of them lower samurai & even peasants, who fight each other, but also carefully run estates & encourage trade Cultural flowering largely centered around Zen: Portugal trades Chin. Silks to Jap. & brings to guns & Chr. Rise of towns & middle class of moneylenders Tea ceremony Flower arranging Japanese gardens Japanese econ. & culture + fear of foreigners  Japan ready to unify Oda Nobunaga (1551-82 gains control of half of Japan because he: Encouraged growth of towns & trade Built milit. power through use of firearms adapted from Europeans Favored Christians vs. militant Buddhists Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1582-98) unites almost all Japan & deals w/changes in Japanese society: Eliminates the firearms & social mobility that helped him rise to power Two unsuccessful attempts to conquer Korea (1592 &1597) Franciscans preach to lower classes Suspected of encouraging rev’s Tokugawa Ieyasu (1598-1616) completes unification  Starts to expel foreigners Strong Mid. Class develops Flowering of Jap. culture Tokugawa Shogunate (1603-1868) Stable rule & isolation until Japan is forced open by U.S. I 1854 (FC.125)

  11. A model of a kabuki theater with its license and coming features posted. Kabuki especially thrived during the Tokugawa period

  12. A model of the Tyogoku Bridge leading to Tokyo in the early 1800s, showing the thriving economy Japan enjoyed under the Tokugawas.

  13. .

  14. One of Hokusai’s “53 Views of Mt. Fuji.

  15. One of Hokusai’s “53 Views of Mt. Fuji”

  16. One of Hokusai’s “53 Views of Mt. Fuji”, this one also showing Mt. Fuji at sunset

  17. One of Hokusai’s “53 Views of Mt. Fuji’, this one showing ferry boats across a river in the foreground

  18. One of Hokusai’s “53 Views of Mt. Fuji”, showing a lake in the foreground

  19. One of Hokusai’s “53 Views of Mt. Fuji”, this one with a fishing boat in the foreground

  20. A Japanese village in one of Hokusai’s “53 Views of Mt. Fuji.

  21. One of Hokusai’s “53 Views of Mt. Fuji”, this one with lightning

  22. A woodworking scene dominates this version of Hokusai’s “53 Views of Mt. Fuji”

  23. One of the best known of Hokusai’s “53 Views of Mt. Fuji”

  24. Or is this the true version of that painting?

  25. One of Hokusai’s “53 Views of Mt. Fuji.

  26. Another influential Japanese woodcut artist was Ando Hirosage (1797-1858) who is best known for his portrayals of the common people in Japan.

  27. Hiroshige, Fireworks at Ryogoku from One-hundred Famous Spots in Edo (Tokyo)

  28. Problems in Japan in early 1800s? FC. 125 THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN JAPAN (1853-1937) . • Japan had 3 of world’s most • populous cities; 50 over 10k pop.

  29. Famine disease, inflation, & unrest in 1830s FC. 125 THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN JAPAN (1853-1937) . • Japan had 3 of world’s most • populous cities; 50 over 10k pop. Strength of Samurai?

  30. Famine disease, inflation, & unrest in 1830s FC. 125 THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN JAPAN (1853-1937) . • Japan had 3 of world’s most • populous cities; 50 over 10k pop. 200 yrs of peace weaken samurai (FC.61) Worrying Japanese govt?

  31. Famine disease, inflation, & unrest in 1830s Struggle b/w what 2 factions? FC. 125 THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN JAPAN (1853-1937) . • Japan had 3 of world’s most • populous cities; 50 over 10k pop. 200 yrs of peace weaken samurai (FC.61) Brit. power in China worries Japan (FC.124) Struggle b/w isolationists & West. style reformers as Jap. Gov. weakens

  32. Famine disease, inflation, & unrest in 1830s FC. 125 THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN JAPAN (1853-1937) . • Japan had 3 of world’s most • populous cities; 50 over 10k pop. 200 yrs of peace weaken samurai (FC.61) Brit. power in China worries Japan (FC.124) Struggle b/w isolationists & West. style reformers as Jap. Gov. weakens Mex. War  ? Mex. War  ?

  33. Famine disease, inflation, & unrest in 1830s U.S. forces Japan to open up to the West (1854) What does US do? FC. 125 THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN JAPAN (1853-1937) . • Japan had 3 of world’s most • populous cities; 50 over 10k pop. 200 yrs of peace weaken samurai (FC.61) Brit. power in China worries Japan (FC.124) Struggle b/w isolationists & West. style reformers as Jap. Gov. weakens Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7) Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7)

  34. Famine disease, inflation, & unrest in 1830s U.S. forces Japan to open up to the West (1854) FC. 125 THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN JAPAN (1853-1937) . • Japan had 3 of world’s most • populous cities; 50 over 10k pop. 200 yrs of peace weaken samurai (FC.61) Brit. power in China worries Japan (FC.124) Struggle b/w isolationists & West. style reformers as Jap. Gov. weakens Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7) Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7)

  35. A Japanese print showing one of Perry’s ships in Tokyo harbor. Compare it to our view of an invading alien spaceship portrayed in the movie “Independence Day”

  36. Techno-geeks. Along with the threat of brute force, Perry also impressed the Japanese with an array of “American” inventions: the steamship, the Colt repeating revolver, the camera (despite the belief that anyone being photographed would die in three years), the telegraph, and the railroad. For the latter, he brought a one-quarter scale working locomotive and a circular track. Since the Japanese officials were too big to fit inside the locomotive and train cars, they rode on top, looking like a bunch overgrown children joyously riding a kiddie ride at the carnival, their officials’ robes flying in the breeze.

  37. A Japanese portrait alongside a photograph of Commodore Matthew Perry. Perry died three years later.

  38. Famine disease, inflation, & unrest in 1830s U.S. forces Japan to open up to the West (1854) FC. 125 THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN JAPAN (1853-1937) . • Japan had 3 of world’s most • populous cities; 50 over 10k pop. • 1858-Tr. w/US exactly like Tr. Brit. • imposed on Ch 200 yrs of peace weaken samurai (FC.61) Brit. power in China worries Japan (FC.124) Struggle b/w isolationists & West. style reformers as Jap. Gov. weakens Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7) Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7)

  39. The Japanese sign a trade treaty with France in 1860, one of several treaties signed during this period with Western powers that were largely modeled after the unequal treaties China had been forced into earlier in the century.

  40. Famine disease, inflation, & unrest in 1830s U.S. forces Japan to open up to the West (1854) FC. 125 THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN JAPAN (1853-1937) . -Japan had 3 of world’s most populous cities & 50 over 10k pop. 1858-Tr. w/US exactly like Treaty imposed on China 1860-5- Taiping Rev. ->Disrupted trade w/China ->Jap. Imports up 9X & exports up 4X 200 yrs of peace weaken samurai (FC.61) Brit. power in China worries Japan (FC.124) Struggle b/w isolationists & West. style reformers as Jap. Gov. weakens Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7) Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7) Whom did Japan esp. copy & why?

  41. Famine disease, inflation, & unrest in 1830s U.S. forces Japan to open up to the West (1854) FC. 125 THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN JAPAN (1853-1937) . -Japan had 3 of world’s most populous cities & 50 over 10k pop. 1858-Tr. w/US exactly like Treaty imposed on China 1860-5- Taiping Rev. ->Disrupted trade w/China ->Jap. Imports up 9X & exports up 4X 200 yrs of peace weaken samurai (FC.61) Brit. power in China worries Japan (FC.124) Struggle b/w isolationists & West. style reformers as Jap. Gov. weakens Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7) Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7) Success of Ger Unif., Ind. Rev. & autocracy (FC.121) How had Tokugawas prepared Japan?

  42. Famine disease, inflation, & unrest in 1830s U.S. forces Japan to open up to the West (1854) FC. 125 THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN JAPAN (1853-1937) . -Japan had 3 of world’s most populous cities & 50 over 10k pop. 1858-Tr. w/US exactly like Treaty imposed on China 1860-5- Taiping Rev. ->Disrupted trade w/China ->Jap. Imports up 9X & exports up 4X 200 yrs of peace weaken samurai (FC.61) Brit. power in China worries Japan (FC.124) Struggle b/w isolationists & West. style reformers as Jap. Gov. weakens Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7) Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7) Success of Ger Unif., Ind. Rev. & autocracy (FC.121) Banking tech’s & unific. under Tokugawas (FC.61) Name of the reforms?

  43. Polit. & soc. reforms modeled on? Polit. & soc. reforms modeled on West, but keeping trad. Jap. values  Conditions to modernize: Famine disease, inflation, & unrest in 1830s U.S. forces Japan to open up to the West (1854) Replace feudal w/mod. prov’s Abolish class distinctions Keep Shinto as state relig. Mandatory educ. for all FC. 125 THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN JAPAN (1853-1937) . -Japan had 3 of world’s most populous cities & 50 over 10k pop. 1858-Tr. w/US exactly like Treaty imposed on China 1860-5- Taiping Rev. ->Disrupted trade w/China ->Jap. Imports up 9X & exports up 4X 200 yrs of peace weaken samurai (FC.61) Brit. power in China worries Japan (FC.124) Struggle b/w isolationists & West. style reformers as Jap. Gov. weakens Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7) Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7) 1868- Meiji Restoration of emperor’s power & program of reforms to make Japan a major power Success of Ger Unif., Ind. Rev. & autocracy (FC.121) Banking tech’s & unific. under Tokugawas (FC.61) Emperor Meiji at age 27

  44. Mandatory educ. for all Polit. & soc. reforms modeled on West, but keeping trad. Jap. values  Conditions to modernize: Famine disease, inflation, & unrest in 1830s U.S. forces Japan to open up to the West (1854) Keep Shinto as state relig. Replace feudal w/mod. prov’s Abolish class distinctions FC. 125 THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN JAPAN (1853-1937) . -Japan had 3 of world’s most populous cities & 50 over 10k pop. 1858-Tr. w/US exactly like Treaty imposed on China 1860-5- Taiping Rev. ->Disrupted trade w/China ->Jap. Imports up 9X & exports up 4X 200 yrs of peace weaken samurai (FC.61) Brit. power in China worries Japan (FC.124) Struggle b/w isolationists & West. style reformers as Jap. Gov. weakens Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7) Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7) 1868- Meiji Restoration of emperor’s power & program of reforms to make Japan a major power Success of Ger Unif., Ind. Rev. & autocracy (FC.121) Banking tech’s & unific. under Tokugawas (FC.61)

  45. Left: Another picture of the Meiji emperor in 1912. Notice how much he has changed since the previous picture.

  46. Govt & administration? Polit. & soc. reforms modeled on West, but keeping trad. Jap. values  Conditions to modernize: Famine disease, inflation, & unrest in 1830s U.S. forces Japan to open up to the West (1854) Mandatory educ. for all Replace feudal w/mod. prov’s Abolish class distinctions Keep Shinto as state relig. FC. 125 THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN JAPAN (1853-1937) . -Japan had 3 of world’s most populous cities & 50 over 10k pop. 1858-Tr. w/US exactly like Treaty imposed on China 1860-5- Taiping Rev. ->Disrupted trade w/China ->Jap. Imports up 9X & exports up 4X 200 yrs of peace weaken samurai (FC.61) Brit. power in China worries Japan (FC.124) Struggle b/w isolationists & West. style reformers as Jap. Gov. weakens Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7) Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7) 1868- Meiji Restoration of emperor’s power & program of reforms to make Japan a major power Success of Ger Unif., Ind. Rev. & autocracy (FC.121) Banking tech’s & unific. under Tokugawas (FC.61)

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  48. Social Structure? Polit. & soc. reforms modeled on West, but keeping trad. Jap. values  Conditions to modernize: Famine disease, inflation, & unrest in 1830s U.S. forces Japan to open up to the West (1854) Mandatory educ. for all Replace feudal w/mod. prov’s Abolish class distinctions Keep Shinto as state relig. FC. 125 THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN JAPAN (1853-1937) . -Japan had 3 of world’s most populous cities & 50 over 10k pop. 1858-Tr. w/US exactly like Treaty imposed on China 1860-5- Taiping Rev. Disrupted trade w/China Jap. Imports up 9X & exports up 4X Old prov’s72 modern districts -Parliam. like Ger’s w/little power 200 yrs of peace weaken samurai (FC.61) Brit. power in China worries Japan (FC.124) Struggle b/w isolationists & West. style reformers as Jap. Gov. weakens Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7) Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7) 1868- Meiji Restoration of emperor’s power & program of reforms to make Japan a major power Success of Ger Unif., Ind. Rev. & autocracy (FC.121) Banking tech’s & unific. under Tokugawas (FC.61) The opening of the Japanese Parliament (11/29/1890). It had been made clear that the emperor was the source of any changes in the new constitution of 1889.

  49. Religion? Polit. & soc. reforms modeled on West, but keeping trad. Jap. values  Conditions to modernize: Famine disease, inflation, & unrest in 1830s U.S. forces Japan to open up to the West (1854) Mandatory educ. for all Replace feudal w/mod. prov’s Abolish class distinctions Keep Shinto as state relig. FC. 125 THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN JAPAN (1853-1937) . -Japan had 3 of world’s most populous cities & 50 over 10k pop. 1858-Tr. w/US exactly like Treaty imposed on China 1860-5- Taiping Rev. Disrupted trade w/China Jap. Imports up 9X & exports up 4X Old prov’s72 modern districts -Parliam. like Ger’s w/little power 200 yrs of peace weaken samurai (FC.61) Brit. power in China worries Japan (FC.124) Struggle b/w isolationists & West. style reformers as Jap. Gov. weakens Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7) Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7) 1868- Meiji Restoration of emperor’s power & program of reforms to make Japan a major power Success of Ger Unif., Ind. Rev. & autocracy (FC.121) Banking tech’s & unific. under Tokugawas (FC.61)

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