1. Japan

2. Japan
Tokugawa Shogunate
1600-1858
Power in the hands of the Shogun (military
ruler)
Absolute monarchy
Closed country policy
Era of peace and stability
Strains showing by 1853

3. Japan
Challenge: The Black Ships
Matthew Perry’s
fleet arrives 1853
US threatens violence
if Japan does not open
to trade
They had seen what
happened to China
(it had been carved up
and taken over by
foreigners)

4. Japan 1854
Treaty of Kanagawa
First in series of unequal
treaties
Result: Japan opened to
trade, Western influence
Extraterritoriality-
foreigners are exempt from
local laws
Tokugawa shogunate “lost
face”- discontent grows

5. Japan
Meiji Reforms 1868-1912

6. Japan
Meiji Reforms 1868-1912

7. Japan
Meiji Reforms 1868-1912

8. Japan
Meiji Restoration
Japan’s civil war
Revolution overthrew
Tokugawa family
Emperor Meiji
(enlightened ruler) takes
direct power
Moves capitol to Tokyo
Series of reforms

9. Japan

10. Japan