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End of the Tokugawa Shogun
Commodor Perry, a U.S. naval officer, came to Japan demanding that they open their ports for trading. Perry unwittingly started a chain of events leading to the end of the Tokugawa Shogun and the start of the Meiji Restoration. -
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Meiji Restoration
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Meiji Restoration- Rules and Regulations
During the Meiji Restoration, many rules were set in place to keep citizens in order. There was rules on what kind of clothes people should wear on the street in public, and rules about ettiquet. People couldn't even laugh in public! -
Women's Role
Women in the Meiji Restoration had even worse rules than the men. The rules on colthing and ettiquet were unfair, and they were forced to make three meals a day for the men. Sometimes to get away from the many restictions they would dress up as men, and get through the tight security, although most of the time they were caught. -
Christian Rebellion
During the Meiji Restoration christians were treated badly. Anyone who was christian were forced to be farmers. The christians soon grew tired of their lives and rebelled against the Japanese government, and when a farmer's daughter was taken and totured, they finally rebelled. -
Christian Defeat
The christians were soon defeated by the Japanese government putting a cease to christianity in Japan. Currently Japanese culture has a small amount of japanese christians in their country because of this battle. -
Isolsation
After the battle with the christians, Japanese government put an end to all outside communication. People were not allowed to leave the country and people who were already out were not allowed to return home. -
More Isolation
When ships from another counrty arrived to Japan, the governent burned the foreign ship, leaving a few survivors to tell their country of what horrors awaited them if they went to Japan - accident or not. It was 200 years after the Meiji Restoration that the government decided to open up contact again. -
End of the Meiji Restoration
The end of the Meiji Restoration was in 1869. The Meiji Restoration had many impacts on the modern world today. The strict rules of the era the country learn that citizens need freedoms, and the battle against christianty left an impact on the types of religion that are in Japan today.
