Shoguns V. Meiji Restoration

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Shoguns V. Meiji Restoration
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I. Achievements of the Shoguns

• 1. Ashikaga family in power
• a. 1330s-1568
• b. Daimyos increased power
• -civil wars
• -no central government
• -regional rule (feudalism)
• c. Zen Buddhism introduced
• -enlightenment through quiet thought
• -self-control
• -removal from earthly wants
• -attractive to samurai
• d. Direct trade with China
• -introduced new ideas

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2. Toyotomi Hideoshi

• a. Failed invasion of Korea
• b. Arrival of Europeans
• -Portuguese (1542)
• -Introduced muskets
• -firearms / weapons
• -Introduced Christianity
• -Francis Xavier

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3. Tokugawa Ieasu Clan (1600)

• a. Fear punish Christians and Europeans
• -mass execution(s)
• -restored isolation
• -Japanese people revolted

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II. The Meiji Restoration

• 1. Europeans Americans wanted trade with Japan
• a. U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry
• -forced open-door policy with Japan
• b. Japanese enjoyed European goods
• -technology, weapons, architecture.
• c. Emperor Meiji took control
• -ended shogun rule
• -restored central government
• -modernized Japan
• -Constitution 1889
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• -supported Bushido Shinto
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