Tokugawa Japan
The system of alternate attendance at the Shogun's court.
What was Sankin-kōtai?
Sonno Jōi
What was the motto of the Shinto nationalist movement determined to restore the Emperor?
The alternative offered to (and then forced on) Samurai to replace their stipends.
What were government bonds?
Mori Arinori
Who was the Meiji official respnsible for the education reforms?
The leader of the main expedition to the West to observe social, military and economic practices.
Who was Iwakura Tomomi?
The name of warrior code adopted by the Samurai.
What was Bushido?
Ansei
What was the Japanese term for the 'Unequal Treaties' of 1858?
The Satsuma nobleman who led a Samurai revolt against the new government in 1877.
Who was Saigo Takamori?
The year the Imperial Rescript on Education was promulgated.
What was 1890?
The man most responsible for the Meiji military reforms.
Who was Yamagata Aritomo?
This was when there was an attempt to impose the Tempo Reforms.
What happened between 1841 and 1843?
Satcho
What was the portmanteau of the Choshu-Satsuma alliance?
The date of the Land Tax reform that stabilised government income.
What was 1873?
The year the Fundamental Code of Education was established?
what was 1872?
The year that the Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors was issued.
What was 1882?
Dejima
What was the name of the artificial island built off Nagasaki to house Dutch merchants?
The decisive battle in the Boshin War.
What was Toba-Fushimi?
April 6th, 1868
What was the date of the promulgation of the Charter Oath?
The slogan used in the preamble of the Fundamental Code for Education.
What was "No community with an illiterate family, and no family with an illiterate person"?
The nickname given by peasants to the introduction of conscription.
What was the 'Blood Tax'?
Burakumin
Yoshida Shoin
Who was the Shishi nationalist leader executed for encouraging assassinations of Bakufu officials?
Kazoku and Shizoku
What were the names for ex-Daimyo and ex-Samurai?
Tsuda Ume
Who founded the first women's college?
Fukoku kyōhei
What was the slogan meaning "Rich country; strong army"?