Meiji Restoration: Industrial

Japan

Japan in the 19th centuryJapan began the

19th century as it had existed for centuries;

A Tokugawa Shogun ruled through a central

bureaucracy tied by feudal alliances to local daimyos

and samurai.

The Meiji seized control in 1871 and began a period of reforms that would be

called The Meiji Restoration

feudalism was abolished

 

political power was centralized

the samurai

were sent abroad to

learn about

western science and tech

 the samurai were then abolished as a class although many samurai became more, some

took their western learning and adopted modern political and business practices. 

They formed an important element of the new business class

created by industrialization.

This combination gave great power to wealthy businessmen who would influence Japanese industrialization accordingly.

Japan Rapidly Modernized and

Industrialized during this era which we can see by looking at the

woodblock prints produced

Changes occurred in Japanese

Government, Culture, Economy, transportation and

industry

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Government

Cultural Changes

Economy

Transportation

Industry

Sources• Notes:

http://www.historyhaven.com/APWH/unit%204/Japan%20in%20the%2019th%20century.htm

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