Essays Tagged: "Tokugawa"

How effectively had Japan modernized itself by 1914?

How effectively had Japan modernized itself by 1914?-- IntroductionNot until the 1800's did Tokugawa realize how powerless they were. Since the early 1600's, Japan completely isolated itself f ... ompletely isolated itself from the Western countries. Due to the anti-Christianity attitudes of the Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japan prohibited itself from any contact with the Western countries, and trade was ...

(6 pages) 79 1 4.7 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

How successful was Japan in establishing a new style of economy, government and armed forces in the period of the Meiji Emperor (1868-1912)?

The emperors under the Tokugawa (1603-1868) shogun lived under palace arrest in Kyoto while the Tokugawa themselves had the ... god appointed the shogun's who had the Mandate of Heaven to protect and rule over the Japanese. The Tokugawa shoguns ruled over Japan for nearly 250 years, in a somewhat peaceful reign. However follow ... Matthew Perry and the subsequent Treaty of Kamagawa in 1854, and the Treaty of Shimoda in 1858, the Tokugawa shoguns had to rethink about the way they were ruling Japan. Both of these treaties were hu ...

(11 pages) 99 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Meiji Restoration the reforms in education maintaing the new regime

The Meiji Restoration occurred through a number of substantial changes to the old Tokugawa regime. The most significant of these changes, however, in permanently implementing this ne ... tion brought about by the Meiji Restoration, it is important to examine the state of affairs in the Tokugawa period, from 1600 to 1867. Albert Craig has commented on the transition into Restoration, s ... e from the strength of the values and intentions of the old society than from their weaknesses."The Tokugawa regime had reunified Japan by 1603; and by 1640, foreigners had been ordered out of Japan, ...

(3 pages) 49 0 5.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Society Under the Tokugawa Shogunate

Life in Tokugawa Japan was strictly hierarchical with the population divided among four distinct classes: sa ... tion divided among four distinct classes: samurai, farmers, craftspeople, and traders. Prior to the Tokugawa period there was some movement among these classes, but the Tokugawa shoguns, intent upon m ... were less successful, however, in maintaining the rigid boundaries separating the other classes.The Tokugawa shoguns did not promote change like many of the emperors of China did. The idea of stabilit ...

(2 pages) 74 1 1.7 Feb/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

To what Extent did the changes Brought in by the Meiji Restoration (1868-1912) Constitute a Revolution

The Meiji Restoration brought enormous changes in Japan's structure. It eliminated the Tokugawa Shogunate, which allowed the emperor to regain full power, and transformed Japan from a feu ... ans and from the Imperial Court .However, political power was simply seen as being changed from the Tokugawa Shogun to an oligarchy consisting of themselves and the transformation proved itself slow a ... pursuit of learning, and morality, which proved that they still kept the guiding philosophy of the Tokugawa era. The Meiji era also promoted women's education through a separate girl's system, unlike ...

(8 pages) 34 0 5.0 Apr/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History