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| The Union of Court and Camp |
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| Major factor in the Shogunates decision to take a more conciliatory attitude toward kyoto. |
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Rocked by Ii’s assassination the shogunate abandoned its hard line on the suppression of those who held anti shogunal sentiment and instead attempted to gather support by strengthening its ties to the imperial court.
It was arranged that the new shogun Iemochi would marry Princess Kazu. |
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| How did the Shogunate's attempt to strengthen ties to the imperial house affect the perception of the Shogunate? |
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| Aizawa and Yoshida asserted: The Shogunate could no longer dominate the court politically, as it had in the days of Ieyasu and Iemitsu, and no Shogun could hope to rule effectively without borrowing publicly from the monarch’s treasure house of cultural prestige and religious authority. |
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| How did attempts to create ties between the Shogunate and court effect the Shogunate? |
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| many punished by Ii were pardoned, several ‘outside’ lords were now given advisory positions within the shogunate. |
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| Who opposed the union of court and camp and what was their social standing? |
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| several hundred Shishi (Men of high purpose). Shishi mainly came from lower middle ranking warrior families from western Japan. |
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| What unified those who opposed the union of court and camp? |
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| Shishi were unified by dissatisfaction; their families had suffered from the stipend cuts, many were frustrated that their lower rank blocked appointment to responsible positions despite their level of education. Perry’s gunboat diplomacy and signing of the unequal treaties also drew the Shishi together. |
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| What drew young samurai to the rhetoric of Sonno Joi? |
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| Western intimidation mounted during the 1850’s, young Samurai gathered in Kyoto and Edo. Young men flocked to private academies where the rhetoric of Sonno Joi was popularised. |
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| What were the actions taken in 1863 against the shogunate? |
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Sonno joi activists planned a coup d’etat to free the sovereign from Shogunal forces occupying Kyoto.
The attempt was unsuccessful, however, but contributed to Choshu being labeled an enemy of the court. |
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