Pre-Isolation
This is the position of the ACTUAL most powerful man in Japan
The Shogun
These were the first Europeans to make contact with the Japanese
The Portugese
This group of people could still enter and leave Dejima
The Dutch
This American man was the inciting cause of the end of isolation
Commodore Matthew Perry
This is the name of the emperor who led Japan after isolation
Emperor Meiji
The Shogun promoted these teachings to ensure people stayed obedient to him
Confucian teachings
This is what the Japanese called the Europeans
Barbarians
This crime was punishable with death
Breaking the isolation laws
This is the main treaty that opened Japan up
The Treaty of Kanagawa
This Oath was meant the modernize Japan and strengthen Meiji's rule
The Five Charter Oath
This form of poetry is broken down by syllables (5-7-5)
Haikus
These teachings were seen as a threat to the Shogun's authority
Christianity
This is what happened to the economy during the first half of isolation
It got better
This was the title of the person who signed the treaty with America
Initially, the motto of Japan was this, then it became that
"Civilization and Enlightment"
"Western Science, Japanese Essence"
This nation was seen as Japan's "older sibling" and heavily influenced early Japanese culture
China
In order to maintain control, the Shogun put 4 major rules on this specific class
The Daimyo
This group felt some of the worst of the negative effects of isolation (and why)
The Samurai because they had basically no purpose
This was how people viewed the person who signed the Convention of Kanagawa
People viewed the shogun as weak
Prussia
This is why Japan is known as "The Land of the Rising Sun" (Double Points)
The sun goddess was tricked into leaving her cave
This is the name of the Shogun who began the period of isolation
Tokugawa Iemitsu
This caused 1/3rd of Japan's population to die
Natural disasters
In 1868, the end of an era happened when this happened
The shogun resigned and the emperor took control
By beating these two nations, Japan showed Europe they are to be taken seriously
China and Russia