modern japan midterm
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xiwantatrex on October 9, 2011
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38 terms
Japanese | English |
|---|---|
 nobunaga | "hammering", military pacification, marched in and imposed authority in Kyoto |
| hideyoshi | "shaping/forming"; warring provinces under control, set up programs for stability |
| Ieyasu | receives title of shogun, creates system to classify daimyo |
| Shimpan | smallest group, related by blood to Tokugawa |
| Fudai | loyal |
| Tozama | majority, forced to be loyal |
| Shimabara rebellion | local uprising against taxes, revealed converted Christians |
| qing empire, choson dynasty, ryuku kingdom, ainu | evidence for non-seclusion |
| sakoku | locked country |
| tokaido | highway from Osaka to Edo |
| Kyoden Playboy Roasted a la Edo | document lampooning merchant class |
| Hiroshige | woodblock artist |
| Hokusai | 36 views of mt fiji |
| Aizawa Seishisai (1825) | author of doc on foreign policy (year) |
| kaikoku | "open the country" |
| Sonno joi | "revere the Emperor, expel the Barbarian" |
| sakuma shozan | new set of ideas, blend Eastern beliefs with Western technology |
| eastern ethics, western techniques | blend kaikoku and sonno joi |
| sabaku | support Tokugawa |
| tobaku | overthrow Tokugawa |
| Sakamoto Ryoma | example of shift from terrorism to Meiji foreign policy |
| Boshin War | war in remembering aizu |
| 1868-1869 | boshin war dates |
| iwakura mission | samurai travel abroad |
| fokoko kyokei | rich nation strong army |
| zaibatsu | subsidized corporations blending public & private interests |
| saga 1874 | first small samurai rebellion |
| hagi 1876 | medium sized samurai rebellion |
| satsuma 1877 | huge rebellion, meiji gov had difficulty passifying |
| jiyu minken | people have strength |
| high treason incident 1910 | kotoku and kanno executed under pretense of plot to kill emperor |
| environmentalism | tanaka shozo |
| ***uzawa | wrote outline of a theory of civilization, notion that civ is constantly advancing |
| outline of a theory of civilization 1875 | ***uzawa wrote this |
| 1871 | formal treaty with Qing empire |
| 1876 | treaty with korea |
| Sino-Japanese War 1894-95 | wants to extend influence and use korea as buffer to China |
| 1910 | annexation of Korea |
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