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Q: What started Japan's modernization?
A: On July 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry reached Tokyo Bay with a letter of the President of the US, Millard Fillmore, demanding Japan to open up their ports.
Q: What was the Meiji Restoration?
A: It was a period of time when the Meiji emperor was restored as head of Japan in 1868 and the country thrived while modernizing.
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When the U.S. naval force went to Japan and asked them to open their parts to trade, Japan abandoned their 215-year-old policy of isolation and started to modernize.
This wasn't mentioned in the book because it didn't have anything to do with the political side of the restoration, but we believe its interesting to see how the restoration influenced art of people, not just their government.
This was not in the book because the emperor was not really a leader. He did not have political power, so he was not considered as important as the shoguns and daimyos.
This was not mentioned in the book because although it contributed to the Meiji Restoration, it did not have to do with the major points the Restoration had changed.