1. “LAND OF THE RISING SUN”
JAPAN UNIT REVIEW
“LAND OF THE RISING SUN”

2. GEOGRAPHY OF JAPAN
ARCHIPELAGO

4. FEUDAL JAPAN-SHOGUNATE
Emperor – Figurehead with little power
Shogun-Military leader –had most power
Daimyo-Warlords, most powerful under Shogun
Samurai – Warriors, worked under the Daimyo “Way of the Warrior” –Bushido
Peasants-Farmers, Craftsmen, Merchants

5. TOKUGAWA SHOGUNATE Unite Japan Keep Feudal Society
Central Government –controls all of Japan
Reduce power of Daimyo
Orderly Society
Enforced strict moral code
No mobility between classes-Hereditary
Economy grows/trade
National Seclusion
Dutch & Chinese allowed

6. JAPAN OPENS TO THE WEST Tokugawa weakens Mathew Perry
Treaty of Kanagawa-Shogun opens 2 ports to Americans but not for trade
U.S. gains:
Trading rights
Extraterritoriality
Low tax on American Imports
Europeans gain same rights
Unequal treaties

7. MODERNIZATION – MEIJI RESTORATION
Shogun overthrown
Emperor Mutsuhito
“A Rich Country, A Rich Military”
Adapt Western ways
Constitution
All citizens equal
Emperor-absolute power
Diet – Legislature
Voting rights limited
Samurai – ended – all men serve
Industrialization-Priority
RR, Banking System, Ports, Postal
Zaibatsu

8. JAPAN’S MILITARY STRENGTH
Militarism
Need for raw materials
Need to equal the West
Korea-forces ports opened
Sino-Japanese War
Forces ports opened
Controls Taiwan
Russo-Japanese War
Japan defeats Russia
Control Korea
Manchuria

9. JAPAN AND WWII OCCUPATION OF JAPAN Island Hopping General MacArthur
Philippines
Manhattan Project
President Truman
Atomic Bomb
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Emperor Hirohito-forces Japan’s Gov. to surrender
OCCUPATION OF JAPAN
New Constitution dictated by the U.S.
MacArthur –Heads Occupation
Emperor – No power
Parliamentary Democracy
Social & economic changes
Demilitarization