IMPERIALISM – Reactions of Japan AP World History

The Rise of Japan  Tokugawa – 250 years of peace  Shogun, daimyo, samurai kept stability Alternate attendance in Edo  Strict/detailed rules of behavior of society to keep order  Peace contributed to burst of economic growth Peasants grew more rice, rural enterprise  By 1750, urban, literate society

The Rise of Japan  Tokugawa – problems  Merchants still had little status, but lots of $  Shoguns had status, but often in debt to lowly merchants  Corruption, famine, urban riots of poor  Shogunate losing control

The Rise of Japan  American Intrusion  Japan – still only one open port (Dutch)  Commodore Perry (United States) Sent to demand humane treatment of castaways Right of American vessels to refuel Demand to open ports to trade

The Rise of Japan  Meiji Restoration – A Fresh Start  Awareness of Chinese resistance  New young, Japanese rulers Eliminated shogunate Wanted to save Japan through transformation of Japanese society Willing to use all that modern West had

The Rise of Japan  Japanese Modernization  Relative peace gave Japan breathing room  Reforms completely transformed Japan Centralized (vs. the decentralization of China and Ottoman) Confucian social order dismantled Almost all Japanese became legally equal  Fascination with all things Western

The Rise of Japan  Industrialization  Japan combined foreign with Japanese elements  Gov’t took over and modernized Tokugawa/daimyo enterprises Foundries, munitions, dockyards, Factories infrastructure  Modernization completed without foreign debt  Poor working conditions

The Rise of Japan Japan was the only non Western country to launch its own successful Industrial Revolution in the 19 th century!

The Rise of Japan  Japan and the World  West recognizes Japan as an equal player  Considered a “Great Power”  Japanese Imperialism  Imperial advances in China and Russia Gains Taiwan, Korea, foothold in Manchuria  Same old imperial brutality