Shoguns V. Meiji Restoration

I. Achievements of the Shoguns1. Ashikaga family in power

a. 1330s-1568

b. Daimyos increased power

-civil wars

-no central government

-regional rule (feudalism)

c. Zen Buddhism introduced

-enlightenment through quiet thought

-self-control

-removal from earthly wants

-attractive to samurai

d. Direct trade with China

-introduced new ideas

2. Toyotomi Hideoshia. Failed invasion of Korea

b. Arrival of Europeans

-Portuguese (1542)

-Introduced muskets

-firearms / weapons

-Introduced Christianity

-Francis Xavier

3. Tokugawa Ieasu Clan (1600)

a. Fear & punish Christians and Europeans

-mass execution(s)

-restored isolation

-Japanese people revolted

II. The Meiji Restoration1. Europeans & Americans wanted trade with Japan

a. U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry

-forced open-door policy with Japan

b. Japanese enjoyed European goods

-technology, weapons, architecture….

c. Emperor Meiji took control

-ended shogun rule

-restored central government

-modernized Japan

-Constitution 1889

-Diet=Parliament=Congress

-supported Bushido & Shinto

-Emperor=God