Tokugawa Ieyasu
Commodore Perry
Matthew Calbraith Perry; mid nineteenth century
~an avid Navy sailor sailor
~diplomat
~naval reformer
~advocate of the steam navy.
The Shogun Tokugawa introduced the isolation of Japan that lasted for about 200 years after the long periods of war and violence. It was the USA's Commodore M.C. Perry that brought Japan out of Isolation in order to establish trade with the Japanese.
EDO JAPAN
Impact
~Economical
~Social (structures & rules)
~Religion/Beliefs
~Agricultural
~Population
Comparisons
~Urbanization/Industrialization
~Growing Population
~Strong Economy
~Culture/Tradition
~Science & Technology
~Modernized
Influence
From the Outside
~China
~Korea
~Netherlands
Social Structure
Emerging from Isolation
In the 1800's, Japan grew out of isolation.
Japan’s society was a hierarchical system. The Shogun was at the top, as well as the Emperor.
Samurai, merchants, artisans, and peasants were not allowed to change social status or move up the social ladder. Outcasts formed another social class.
Commodore Perry was a main influence in the end of isolation. He went to japan for several reasons; Japan was ideal for trade, as a coal base for ships, and business and revenues.
Adaptations
Since Japan cut itself off from the rest of the world, they had to adapt to the change; no trade or alliances with other countries to help and protect them.
Important Personnel
Amalinei, Neculai. “The Japanese Culture and Traditions”. http://www.shogun.ro/, http://www.shogun.ro/index_e.php?p=culture_traditions, May. 27
Chaiklin, Martha. “Dutch influence in Japan Nothing to Sneeze at”. www.iias.nl,
http://www.iias.nl/iiasn/22/theme/22T4.html, May.24
Hammond, Kelly. “The Tokugawa Period and the Emergence of Modern Japan
(1600-1868)”. http://eageorgetown.org/tokugawa.html, May. 31
Grace, Paul. “Japan’s Break From Isolation”. www.alleycathistory.com, http://www.alleycathistory.com/japans-break-from-isolation.html, May. 27
Griffiths, Ben. “Commodore Perry’s Expedition to Japan”. http://www.grifworld.com, http://www.grifworld.com/perryhome.html, May. 28
Gross, Cory. “Technology of the Edo Period”. http://voyagesextraordinaires.blogspot.ca/, http://voyagesextraordinaires.blogspot.ca/2013/02/technology-of-edo-period.html, May. 29
Margaret. “In Our Time: Japan's Sakoku Period”. http://ninecats.org, http://ninecats.org/margaret/blog/2013/06/18/our-time-japans-sakoku-period May. 24
“Edo Period (1603-1867)”. http://www.japan-guide.com,
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2128.html, May. 27
“Japan History”. http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/bender4/eall131/EAHReadings/module02/m02japanese.html, May. 27
Bibliography
Sinking into
Isolation
Advancements
Technology & Science
Japan had to make everything on their own they couldn’t rely on others to make stuff for them. As of today Japan is still far more advanced in terms of technology most countries in the world.
Around the Edict of 1635 ordering the closure of Japan, the island sank into isolation, away from other countries.
Any and all outsiders were considered 'contaminated'
The assimilation threats from European countries were a big factor in Japan's seclusion.
In 1633, Shogun Lemitsu forbade traveling abroad and almost completely isolated Japan in 1639 by reducing the contacts to the outside world to very limited trade relations with China and the Netherlands in the port of Nagasaki. In addition, all foreign books were banned.