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History of Modern Japan
History of Japan from the Unification, Tokugawa/Edo Period, Meiji Restoration, and Taisho Democracy
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History
Undergraduate 2
03/08/2011

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Aizawa
Definition

"Revere the emperor, repel the barbarian"

Mito School

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Mito School
Definition

"Reverence the emperor, repel the barbarian"

Aizawa

Against school of National Learning

Confucian ideals: morals, piety, military

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Fukuzawa
Definition

Advocated the complete Westernization of Japan

Science as a form of liberation

Iwakura Mission

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Gentlemen's Agreement
Definition
Agreement between US and Japan to stop the immigration of Japanese to the United States
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Peace Preservation Law
Definition

Allowed universal male suffrage

Restricted press/public from criticizing the emperor and capitalism

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Commodore Matthew Perry
Definition

American naval officer

Demanded that Japanese ports be open to international trade

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Great Treason Incident 1911
Definition
Anarchist attempt to assassinate the emperor
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Kobayashi
Definition

Author of "The Cannery Boat"

Marxist

Tortured to death because of anti-imperialist sympathies

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Tokugawa Ieyasu
Definition

Battle of Sekigahara

Beginning of the Tokugawa Shogunate

Emperor declared Ieyasu shogunate

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Meiji Constitution
Definition

Bi-cameral legislature

Upper House, Lower House

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Yamazaki
Definition

Buddhist-turned-Shinto cleric

Studied Confucianism

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Japanese Communist Party
Definition

Called for the liberation of workers

Opposed Japanese imperialism

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Yoshida
Definition

Choshu samurai

Criticized Tokugawa, revered emperor

Failed assassinations

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Yoshino
Definition

Christian

Supported Democracy and the Imperial System

Mainstream intellectual

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Taisho Political Crisis
Definition

Conflict over the Army Budget under Saionji

Katsura appointed by emperor to prime minister

Uprisings occured

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Factory Councils
Definition

Created to discourage radical unions

Promised job training, security, bonuses, etc.

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Imperial Family 
Definition

Divine lineage

Sun Goddess

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Threats to Tokugawa Shogunate
Definition

Education

Tension between Confucian ideology and hereditary appointments of samurai

Relationship between emperor and shogun

Westernization

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Minobe
Definition

Emperor Organ Theory

Prosecuted for violating the Peace and Preservation Law

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Tokugawa Iemitsu
Definition

Emperor forced to live in Edo

Consolidated political power

Alternate Attendance system

Suppressed Christianity

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Emperor Organ Theory
Definition

Emperor was the "head" of the national "body," but not the entire body

Citizens and Emperor were essential for government

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Meiji Restoration
Definition

End of Tokugawa Shogunate in 1868

Placed reverence on Emperor

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Treaty of Shimonoseki
Definition

Ended Sino-Japanese War

Japan gained indemnity, land rights in Asia including Port Arthur 

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Dutch Learning 
Definition

European/Western studies

Sciences, navigation, gunnery, etc.

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Oda Nobunaga
Definition

First unifier

Created a new system of taxation using land surveys

Supported Christianity

Ignored the Emperor

Term
Katsura
Definition

General and Prime Minister

Opposed political parties

Taisho Political Crisis

Doshikai political party

Term
Washington Naval Conference
Definition

Goals: Sought to promote cooperation with China, limit arms

Results: Agreement of limited naval expansion, divided the Japanese Army between those who supported cooperation and those who were anti-West

Term
Townsend Harris
Definition

Harris Treaty - Extraterritoriality 

American Diplomat

Term
Open Door Policy Debates
Definition
How to deal with the West?
Term
Japan during World War I 
Definition

Industrial boom

Exports Rose

Term
Zaibatsu
Definition
Industrial conglomerates 
Term
Li-Ito Convention
Definition

Japan and China agreed to remove military personnel from Korea

 

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Russo-Japanese War, 1904
Definition

Japan declared war on Russia

Reclaimed Port Arthur 

Expelled Russia from Korea

Ended after the Portsmouth Treaty

 

Term
Paris Peace Conference 
Definition

Japan was present after aiding in WWI

Attempted to pass an equality clause

Refused by Britain

 

Term
Kita
Definition

Japanese Fascism

Ultra-nationalism

Worker rights, pro-emperor, expansion

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Iwakura Mission
Definition
Japanese leaders of the Meiji travelled to UK and US to study the West
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School of National Learning
Definition

Japanese should study their own ancient texts

Emphasized Shinto

Term
Portsmouth Treaty
Definition

Led by Pres. T. Roosevelt after Russo-Japanese War

Japan gained control of Korea, Manchurian railways, and Port Arthur

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Iwakura
Definition

Left in charge of Japan while Japan leaders went to study the West

Supported invasion of Korea

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Minseito
Definition

Liberal political group 

Sought female suffrage

Cooperative with US and UK

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Hara
Definition

Member of Seiyukai

Paris Peace Conference

Assassinated

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Yamagata
Definition

Military Leader

Choshu samurai

Favored military expansion

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Saigo
Definition

One of 3 Great Nobles

Military Leader

"Last Samurai"

Advocated invading Korea

Opposed Westernization

Failed coup d'état

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Kido
Definition

One of 3 Great Nobles

Proponent of Westernization

Supported constitution, compulsory education, conscripted army

Opposed invasion of Korea

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Okubo
Definition

One of the 3 Great Nobles of Restoration

Moved the emperor to the capital of Tokyo

Wanted an all-samurai army

Assassinated by Tokugawa loyalists

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Diet
Definition
Parliament of the Taisho Period
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Ito
Definition

Part of the Iwakura Mission

Meiji Constitution

Treaty of Shimonoseki 

Founded the Seiyukai 

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Port Arthur 
Definition

Port won by Japan in Sino-Japanese War

Returned to China after pressure from West

Reclaimed in the Russo-Japanese War

Term
Seiyukai
Definition
Pro-government and pro-business political party
Term
Hibiya Park Protests
Definition

Protests after the Portsmouth Treaty

Public wanted more gains from the treaty

Term
Tenka
Definition

Realm under Heaven

"Japan"

Term
Tenant-Farmers Dispute Mediation Law
Definition
Recognition of Tenant-Farmer Unions 
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Bushido
Definition
Samurai rules
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School of Ancient Learning
Definition
Samurai should study ancient texts
Term
Tokugawa Class System
Definition
Samurai, peasants/farmers, artisans, merchants
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Definition

Second unifier 

Consolidated territory in Japan

Supported Buddhism, suppressed Christianity

Aligned himself with Emperor

Tried to invade Korea

Term
Saionji
Definition

Seiyukai party member

Liberal, parliamentary 

Taisho Political Crisis

Term
Taisho Democracy
Definition

Shift of political power from leaders to the Diet

Under Emperor Taisho

Term
"Eastern Ethics, Western Science"
Definition

Shosan

 

Term
Old Middle Class
Definition
Small business owners
Term
Café Culture
Definition

Society in 1920s Tokyo

Discourse between males and females

Literature, films, etc.

Term
Yokoi
Definition

Trade 

Farming

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Yen
Definition
Uniform currency of the Meiji Period
Term
Donghak Rebellion
Definition

Uprising of Korean peasants

China entered to aid Korea

Japan used this as a pretext to enter Korea

Catalyst to Sino-Japanese War

Term
Sino-Japanse War, 1884
Definition

War between Japan and China/Korea

Created Japanese Nationalism

Japan Won

Term
Shosan
Definition

Warrior-turned-monk

Believed in reincarnation

Term
New Middle Class
Definition

White collar workers

Educated

Politically Active

Term
Alternate Attendance System
Definition

Wife and children of Daimyo lived in Edo year-round

Daimyo lived in Edo every other year

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