JAPANESE HISTORY
Tokugawa Japan 1600-1878
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Control system
2
Collapse of Tokugawa Shogunate
3
Downfall of Tokugawa Shogunate
> 4 Note
Meiji Japan 1878-1912
1
Introduction
2
Charter Oath
3
Abolition of feudalism
4
Political Modernization
5
Economic Modernization
6
Military Modernization
7
Education Modernization
8
Note - Rise of militarism
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Internal factors
1 Political decline
- Corruption
- Control system had its
loopholes
- The control system itself
generated changes directly & indirectly
- The whole system depended on
the goodwill & co-operation of all classes
2 Social transformation
- Rise of merchant breakdown of
agrarian economy
- Transformation of Samurai class
- Peasants’ suffer & discontent
3 Econ development
- Rise of merchant
- Improvement of transportation
network
- Commercialization, urbanization
4 Revival of Shintoism &
National learning
5 Rise of Choshu & Satsuma
External factors
- Dutch learning
- Arrival of Perry 1853
- Signing of unequal treaties
- Influx of foreign imports
- Rise of anti-foreignism
- Learning on western military force
* beyond the control of Tokugawa
Shogunate
Mistakes of Tokugawa Shogunate
- Opened port in Nagasaki
- Encourage Shintoism
- Seek advice from emperor & Samurai
twice exposed its weakness
- Ask emperor to ratify the treaties
twice
- No response towards the rise of Choshu
& Satsuma
- Made the promise to expel the
barbarians, but failed to honor 1863
- 2nd expedition against
Choshu; over-estimated its military strength
