Causes
While the emperor kept his title throughout Japanese history, true executive power was held by this military dictatorship. However, famine, corruption, and peasant uprisings eroded its power during the late Tokugawa period, to the point that the emperor was able to regain control.
What is the shogunate?
While the Meiji Restoration's reforms were beneficial to Japan, they required money and workers. Thus, recruiters could be found in the slums of Japan, offering loans to impoverished families in exchange for sending their daughters to work in factories of this industry.
What is the textile industry?
As Japan started to flex its imperial muscles, Europe felt threatened. However, there was no direct conflict until a dispute over Korea and Manchuria culminated in this war, where Japan surprised the entire world by defeating a European power.
What is the Russo-Japanese War?
This code of honor was used by samurai for centuries with many interpretations. However, the Meiji regime pushed its ideas of loyalty and self-sacrifice to be used as propaganda in its developing empire.
What is bushidō?
The Meiji regime was very quick to reorganize Japan. By 1871, they had replaced the territories owned and run by these feudal lords with the prefectures used today.
Who are the daimyo?
In 1853, the United States sent this commodore with a fleet of gunships to force Japan to sign unequal treaties and end over a century of isolationism.
Who is Matthew Perry?
While introduction of Western ideas during the Meiji Restoration greatly helped reform, there was the side effect of intellectual unrest - especially during the time of worldwide interest in this new philosophy.
What is socialism?
While World War I did not happen until two years after the end of the Meiji period, an alliance made in that period between Japan and this European empire meant Japan allied with the Triple Entente.
What is the United Kingdom?
The Japanese emperor had always been an important figurehead, and the Meiji regime used that. They replaced the national religion, Buddhism, with this native religion that depicts the emperor as the descendant of a god.
What is Shinto?
Reforms began as soon as Emperor Meiji gained power, including many administrative and social changes. The first one was to move the imperial capital from Kyoto to this city, later renamed Tokyo.
What is Edo?
Despite being the lowest class in the Japanese hierarchy, stable networks between rural and urban areas made these people much wealthier. They were so wealthy that even the upper class took loans from them, disrupting Japanese society.
What are merchants?
RANDOM QUESTION
Which Canadian province is officially bilingual?
New Brunswick
As the Japanese government made drastic reforms to their military, they began to set their sights on the Korean peninsula, which was a kingdom subservient to China at the time. China, of course, was opposed to this, but Japan easily defeated it in this war.
What is the First Sino-Japanese War?
RANDOM QUESTION
Which town in Alberta is well known for its Large Easter Egg?
Vegreville
In order to increase national pride and military might, the Meiji government put this institution in place in 1872.
What is conscription?
During the Tokugawa period, education and literacy spiked throughout Japan, which laid the foundation for the Meiji Restoration - all encouraged by this philosophy.
What is Confucianism?
RANDOM QUESTION
Mount Logan is Canada's Tallest Mountain at 5959 metres tall. Which province or territory is this mountain in?
Yukon Territory
As the Japanese military became more structured and modernized under Meiji rule, samurai became obsolete and were forced into early retirement. However, many of them were outraged and subsequently staged this rebellion, only to be crushed by the reformed military and wiped out once and for all.
What is the Satsuma Rebellion?
Instead of bowing, which is customary in Japanese culture, the Emperor and other dignitaries learned this show of respect.
What is shaking hands?
When did the Shogun resign (end of the Tokugawa Shogunate) and who did he give power to?
1968 and he formally asked the Emperor to take power.
RANDOM QUESTION
In what year was the TOONIE introduced?
Hint- It is 3 years before Nunavut became a Territory
1996
As gambling and playing cards became tolerated during the Meiji Period, entrepreneur Fusajiro Tamauchi founded this company selling special cards called Hanafuda. Today, while creating a much different type of entertainment, it is one of the most well-known Japanese companies in the world.
What is Nintendo?
RAMDOM QUESTION
80% of this commodity is created in Canada.
Hint- It is delicious and mostly made in Quebec!
Maple Syrup
The Japanese were a proud and independent people with their own traditions, customs and beliefs that were very important to them. Japanese leaders needed to find a balance to the changes taking place. What did they call this balance?
“Western science, Japanese essence”
The Meiji leaders needed to increase the power of the emperor and the government. List 2 of the 3 ways in which they did this.
1. Daimyo encouraged to turn over their lands to the state.
2. Samurai system was abolished.
3. Only the government would have the right to collect taxes.