Welcome

Japan: The West arrives

Synchroneyes

WARM-UP

Tea Time with Tokugawa

3 min. with a partner

• The bakufu = Japan’s system of government during the Tokugawa period, based on a military leader, the Shogun

• Baku-han = the division of power between Japan’s national leader, the Shogun, and leaders of regions or han, the Daimyo

• Daimyo = feudal lord. He ruled a region or han of Japan

• Alternate attendance: the system of compulsory residence by the daimyo in Edo during alternate years.

Terminology

Threats to the system• Russia, Britain, France apply pressure for

trade treaties• Financial strain on Samurai and Daimyo• Ronin• Conflict between Daimyo and Shogun

Identify the threats above that are internal to Japan and those that are

external

Cracks in the class system

• Samurai had status but lacked a clear role

• Merchants were becoming increasingly wealthy but had little status and power

• But the classes were now mixing• Rich merchants could buy into lower

ranks of samurai

Can they stay cut off from the world?

• Seclusion or Sakoku helped social stability

• But is it realistic?• Write 3 disadvantages in bullet point

form

In Classwor

ks

Perry in Japan

Goal• What were the

impacts of Commodore Perry’s visit to Japan?

1853 – Commodore Matthew Perry

“Opens Up” Japan to Western Trade!

TWO PERRY’S

The Black Ships

What Did the U. S. Want?

Coaling stations.

More trading partners.

A haven for ship-wrecked

sailors.

Meeting the Imperial Commissioners at Yokohama

Commodore Perry

The black ships

Japanese ship

Reading pause• Read Introduction• Answer Questions

• Read assigned letter• Is it threatening?

Unreasonable?

The Treaty of Kanagawa - 1854

An Unequal Treaty?• Convention of Kanagawa 1854 –

diplomatic relations• Five years later – treaties with most

European nations• Some Samurai deeply resented

(hated) these “unequal” (unfair) treaties forced on Japan

In 1862, just before the start of the Meiji period, Tokugawa sent officials and scholars to China to study the situation there. A Japanese recorded in his diary from Shanghai…

The Chinese have become servants to the foreigners. Sovereignty may belong to China but in fact it's no more than a colony of Great Britain and France.

Japan Learns a Lesson

Writing ExerciseAnswer one of

the writing exercise

questions

10 minute journal entry

Meiji Restoration1868 -1912

Chronology1573-1600, “Warring States” - Transitional Era1635, Shogunate forbids Japanese to travel overseas1639, Portugese ships forbidden; Japan closed to outside world1641, Dutch Trading Mission is moved to Nagasaki1600-1868, Tokugawa Period - Centralized Feudalism era1853-54, Perry Mission to “open” Japan1854, Japan concludes friendship treaties with U.S., Britain, France & Netherlands; three ports open to foreign trade1868, Meiji Restoration1877, Satsuma Rebellion1881, Sale of government industries to new zaibatsau1889, Meiji Constitution1894-5,Sino-Japanese War, Japan becomes imperialist power1904-5, Russo-Japanese War1910, colonization of Korea1912, emperor Meji dies

Physical Geography

• Honshu• Hokkaido • Shikoku• Kyushu• Tokyo (Edo)• Kyoto• Sea of Japan• Pacific Ocean• Yellow Sea• East China Sea

Physical Geography

Color Groups

Sonia Christa Clara

Fabian Anna Lauri

Kiera Adrian

Michelle Carl Koen

Marina Omry Seda

Ria Hanna