39.meiji restoration
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First Moves of United
Daimyo• End of Tokugawa class system
– Why little resistance? --> "bail-out" of
daimyos
• Focus on Emperor: mottos and slogans• "Revere the Emperor, expel the Barbarians!"
– Call for national service and sacrifice
in face of Western threat
Promotion of what is
Japanese• Shintoism and Emperor
“…in this land called Japan there is
one called the Emperor, who is
descended from the Sun Deity. This
has not changed a bit from long ago
and just like the Sun being up in the
heavens He is the Master.”
Promotion of Japanese Identity
Compulsory Education 1872 loyal citizens
Conscript Army 1873 loyal citizens and
Westernization
1877
Promotion of Japanese Identity
Importing
technology• Promoting Japanese unity through:
– mass-literacy
– mass-communication networks
– mass-transportation networks
• Pattern of Selective borrowing– Use of foreign advisors