Meiji revolution and nationalism

Do Now (5 minutes): Compare these two pictures of Tokyo. Write down at least one similarity and three differences.

Tokyo 1850Tokyo 1890

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Today’s Big Question:How did the Japanese maintain their identity while still rapidly modernizing?

The Meiji Revolution and Nationalism in Japan

Where exactly is Japan?

What you need to know about Japanese Nationalism

● Japanese nationalism was a reaction against Western countries trying to push Japan around

● Nationalism was a way to hold on to a Japanese identity as Japan modernized and changed.

● Similar to Europe there was: o Reaction against foreignerso Revolution is violento Decline of Feudalism= new nationalism

Recap- NationalismThe belief that a person’s greatest loyalty should be to a nation of people who share a common culture and history.

3 types of nationalism:1. unification, 2. separation, 3. and state building

What do we already know?● Japan -- Feudal system, not

a lot of social mobility (moving from one class to another)

● Emperor as figurehead ● A military leader called the

shogun actually ran the government

Inside forces of change- c.1850

Feudal system wasn’t working well anymoremerchants were getting richer but had no respectsamurai were getting poorer but were still expected to rulefarmers still had it hard

Isolationist policies -- NO Europeans, NO foreign travel The government thought that the less outside influence there was, the more stable the country would be.

What kinds of effects might isolation cause for Japanese society?

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Outside forces of changeU.S. wanted to trade with JapanCommodore Matthew Perry comes to Japan in 1853

Perry demanded that Japanese ports be opened to Western tradeShowed off (i.e. threatened with) steamboats and cannons

Watch the first 9 minutes of this video. Then answer this question

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN-XEH6Gbkc (only watch the first 9 minutes)What were the different Japanese reactions to Commodore Perry’s arrival?

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The End of IsolationU.S. forces Japan to sign Treaty of KanagawaOpened up Japanese ports to WesternersSigned by the Shogun NOT the emperor

The Meiji Revolution● People upset with the shogun for

agreeing to foreign demands, rallied around emperor

● 1868, Boshin War between shogun and emperor’s forces. Emperor Meiji’s forces win, starting the Meiji period

Cause and effectInternal Causesend of feudalismclass tensionsrebellious daimyo

External CausesU.S. forces Japan to openAnger at shogun

Meiji Revolution

Internal EffectsNew governmentend of class systemmodernization

External EffectsJapan models itself as a nation-state

Rapid Modernization Japan’s new leaders realized that in order to not be bossed around by Western nations, they needed to modernize. They sent people around the world to “shop” for modern technology and systems of government. Japan changed very rapidly. Compare the pictures in the next two slides as evidence of change.

What kinds of problems do you think rapid change and adoption of foreign technology might cause?

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Tokyo 1850

Tokyo 1890

What’s this got to do with nationalism?Japan developed a sense of national identity● encountering foreign powers brought people together● before, people tended to identify by class, now people saw themselves as

equal subjects of the emperor

As Japan modeled itself after European nation-states, people started to consider what made them Japanese Japan begins to build an empire as it gains political, economic, and military strength

Fights wars in Korea, China, and Russia

How does Japanese nationalism compare to the other cases we have studied?

What kind of nationalism fits Japan?Unification, state-building, or separation?

What is similar or different between Japanese nationalism and the European case studies we looked at?

a. Reaction against foreignersb. Revolution is violentc. Decline of Feudalism= new nationalism

Do you think Japan’s philosophy during the Meiji period was conservative, liberal, or radical?

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