"Gun Boat Diplomacy"

Tokugawa Yoshinobu

Japan´s policy of Seclusion

Commodore Perry went to Japan with one purpose

"Shishi" (men high purpose)

Yoshida Shoin

Nationalist resentment

What event persuaded the Choshu clan to modernize their army ?

Main aim of the new imperial government

On which concepts it was based the education in Japan ?