Topic 2: Japan

the native religion of Japan

a hereditary military dictator of Japan

the male ruler of an empire

a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy

The large family-controlled banking and industrial groups that owned many companies in Japan before World War II.

sent by president Millard Fillmore to persuade Japan to open its doors to trade with the west

The ships in which Perry arrived in- sails were blackened by the coal. Japan feared and envied the ships. Intimidating.

Ended Japan’s two-hundred year period of economic isolation, establishing an American consulate in Japan and securing American coaling rights in Japanese ports. (431)

A samurai who lead the Satsuma rebellion of 1877 and played a large role in overthrowing the Tokugawa Government.

Played a large role in the establishment of the new Meiji Government.

Japanese samurai and politician. wanted to establish Japan as a progressive nation

emperor of Japan who modernized Japan in the 1860s by studying and adopting Western armies, government forms and industries. As a result, Japan became a strong power and was never colonized

1) Americans living in Japan would have extra territorial right in civil and criminal cases, protected by US law instead of Japanese law
2) All rights granted to any other state would be enjoyed by the US which meant they were the most favored nation

treaties between China and the Western powers after the Opium War that vastly favored the Western powers

1st Prime minister of Japan and first Genro – ex-samurai who had worked to restore the emperor to power and who was a member of the new government

elder statesmen, the leaders of the Meiji restoration that ruled in the emperor’s name

fought in korea between japan and China; japanese victory demonstrated its arrival as new industrial power

The political program that followed the destruction of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1868, in which a collection of young leaders set Japan on the path of centralization, industrialization, and imperialism.

Stressed the importance of harmony and loyalty to the throne – formed the basis of Japan’s philosophy on education

To bring Charter Oath into effect and to define the powers of the new government and the rights of the Japanese people.
– All authority vested in Dajokan
– Members chosen according to noble rank
– Giseikan (lower house) held little power
– Members were elected from each clan, city and prefecture of Japan.

Upper house of the Japanese parliament