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Meiji Restorati on: Industrial Japan

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Meiji Restoration: Industrial Japan. Japan in the 19 th  century. Japan  began the 19 th  century as it had existed for centuries; A Tokugawa Shogun ruled through a central bureaucracy tied by feudal alliances to local daimyos and samurai. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Meiji Restoration: Industrial

Japan

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Japan in the 19th centuryJapan began the

19th century as it had existed for centuries;

A Tokugawa Shogun ruled through a central

bureaucracy tied by feudal alliances to local daimyos

and samurai.

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The Meiji seized control in 1871 and began a period of reforms that would be

called The Meiji Restoration

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feudalism was abolished

 

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political power was centralized

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the samurai

were sent abroad to

learn about

western science and tech

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 the samurai were then abolished as a class although many samurai became more, some

took their western learning and adopted modern political and business practices. 

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They formed an important element of the new business class

created by industrialization.

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This combination gave great power to wealthy businessmen who would influence Japanese industrialization accordingly.

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Japan Rapidly Modernized and

Industrialized during this era which we can see by looking at the

woodblock prints produced

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Changes occurred in Japanese

Government, Culture, Economy, transportation and

industry

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Government

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Cultural Changes

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Economy

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Transportation

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Industry

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