Social Effects of People in Japan By gabriel_goodman Period: Mar 21, 1603 to Mar 21, 1867 Meiji Restoration Drastically changed Japanese society and peoples as a whole. Mar 21, 1870 Fukuzawa Yukichi ideas Said that Japan was backwards in its thinking and needed to learn from the west. Mar 22, 1877 Brief Samurai Revolt Period: Mar 22, 1880 to Mar 22, 1889 Women's rights movement Mar 22, 1882 Kishida Toshiko speaking tour Fought for equal rights of women.