Edo Government & Power
This term refers to the military government led by the shogun.
What is the Bakufu?
This policy restricted Japan’s contact with foreign countries.
What is the National Seclusion Policy?
This U.S. naval officer forced Japan to open trade in the 1850s.
Who is Commodore Matthew Perry?
This period ended feudalism and restored power to the emperor.
What is the Meiji Restoration?
Japan industrialized mainly to strengthen its economy and do this.
What is export goods?
This system required daimyo to spend every second year in Edo.
What is Alternate Attendance (Sankin-kōtai)?
The shogun feared Christianity mainly because it threatened this authority.
What is the shogun’s ultimate authority?
The emperor’s appearance changed due to this growing influence.
What is foreign (Western) influence?
The feudal system was abolished, removing power from these leaders.
Who are the daimyo?
New technology from the West made work more like this.
What is more efficient?
This policy limited daimyo power by controlling marriage, castles, and travel.
What are Bakufu laws / regulations on daimyo?
Japan’s only European trading partner during isolation.
Who were the Dutch?
These treaties favored Western countries and weakened Asian nations.
What are unequal treaties?
This type of government is based on laws, democracy, and rights.
What is a constitutional government?
Education reform helped create loyalty to the emperor and...
What is a strong national identity?
This social structure organized Japanese society into ranked classes.
What is a hierarchy?
Japan reconsidered isolation after seeing China lose to Britain in this war.
What is the Opium War?
This event showed Japan what could happen if it stayed isolated.
What is China’s defeat by Britain?
Citizens gained the ability to change their social class during this period.
What is the Meiji period?
While Japan was undergoing modernization, Japan promoted this type of education.
What is Western-style education?
The main goal of Edo-period laws placed on daimyo was to prevent this.
What is challenging the power of the shogun?
Foreign missionaries were seen as dangerous because they could cause this.
What is divided loyalty among Japanese citizens?
Japan opened trade mainly to avoid becoming this.
What is colonized?
Loyalty during the Meiji era shifted from daimyo to this figure.
Who is the Emperor of Japan?
This belief would Yukichi NOT support.
What is Christianity as a threat to shogun authority?