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Causes of Japan's expansion
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- 1JAPANESE NATIONALISM
- 2—*Seclusion
*Before 1600's: various clans had chance to lead
*1600's ~ 1867: Tokugawa clan who ruled - 3—*Leader: Shogun
*Domination = national unity
*Superiority of Japanese culture (belief)
- 4JAPAN AND US
- 5—*1853: Commodore Perry threatened Japan
*March 1854: Tokugawa shogunate (and the emperor's court) opened Japan's ports [TREATY OF KANAGAWA]
*Modernization vs. Traditional in Japan. More treaties
- 6MEIJI RESTORATION, 1868
- 7—*Pro-imperial, anti-Western faction: against govenment
*Shishi: prepare to kill and die for this movement
*YOSHIDA SHION: Leader. Executed in 1859
- 8—*Emperor persuaded by Chushu ~ anti-Westener Policy
*1866: emperor died. MEIJI (15) replaced him. Influenced my the opposition
*Political authority returned to the emperor. Avoid Japan to experience other Asian nations' fate
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