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Social Changes during the Meiji Restoration

Social Changes during the Meiji Restoration. Ye Jin Yeoum , Heidi Yuan, Grace Hoffman, JX Xu Mr. Stelzer 3A. Feudal System Changed. Under the Meiji Period: Emperor Daimyo Samurai Commoners. Under the Tokugawa Shogunate : Emperor Shogun Daimyo Samurai Peasants Artisans

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Social Changes during the Meiji Restoration

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  1. Social Changes during the Meiji Restoration Ye Jin Yeoum, Heidi Yuan, Grace Hoffman, JX Xu Mr. Stelzer 3A

  2. Feudal System Changed Under the Meiji Period: Emperor Daimyo Samurai Commoners Under the Tokugawa Shogunate: Emperor Shogun Daimyo Samurai Peasants Artisans Merchants Outcasts

  3. Feudal System Samurai enjoyed many privileges during Tokugawa Period. But… During the Meiji Restoration, samurai, who were considered to be higher in class, began to lose special privileges.

  4. Samurai Privileges Removed • Samurai’s military roles slowly taken by conscripted men. • Conscripted people= those who had to join the army for 3 years when they turned 21. • Could not wear swords in public anymore (because of the Hatori Edict) • Could only wear swords for ceremonies

  5. Japan’s Embracing of Westernization • Meiji leaders believed they needed to be more like the West to be accepted as an equal. • Embraced ALL aspects of Western idea from technology, to fashion. • “Civilization and Enlightenment”

  6. Fashion During Meiji Period: • Western clothing • Morning Coats: standard clothing for formal occasions • Western-style hair During Tokugawa Rule: • Only high class: satin&silk • Low Class: only hemp&cotton • Hair: in a topknot

  7. Food During the Meiji Restoration: • Meat (against Buddhism which thought it immoral) • Bread • Beer • Dairy products • EX: Teriyaki During the Tokugawa Shogunate: • Fish

  8. Entertainment • Ballroom Dancing • Board Game—encouraging the children to the go to the West • European Classical Music—Violins, Cellos, Pianos…

  9. Education • Based on France and Germany’s system of education • All kids had to receive at least 4 years of primary schooling • Before: based on Confucianism. • Before: taught reading, writing, and abacus for math • The Rescript on Education: based on Japan’s philosophy on Education

  10. People’s Rights • People: • Given freedom of religion • Allowed more rights • Women: • Often sold & more and more rights were taken away from them

  11. Basically… • Japan embraced the Western culture completely. • Japan changed RADICALLY. • This led to modernization, development, and strengthening of Japan.

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