Japan

 Leaders, Elite  State Structure  War  Diplomacy  Courts, Laws      || Tokugawa shogunate and emperor Meiji. Governed by a shogun or military leader in the beginning to maintain peace and around 1889 and constitution was developed with an elected parliament, political parties and democratic ideals and a combined emperor or oligarchy. Famines, urban and rural rebellions during the 1830’s; Samurai rebellion was crushed in 1877; Sino- Japanese War 1894-1895; Russo- Japanese War 1904-1905. Commodore Perry is sent to Japan to negotiate trade with the Americas; Itro Hirobum travels to Japan to study political systems. N/A ||  Type of System  Technology, Industry  Trade, Commerce  Capital/ Money  Types of Businesses || Capitalist economy. Manufacturing and farming; mines, railroads; postal, telegraph and banking systems. Trade with the west. Earlier, Japan limited their contact with the West to only a single port where trade with the Dutch was allowed. N/A Rice, cement, chemicals, glass, sugar, silk, cotton goods. ||  Holy Books  Beliefs, Teachings  Conversion  Sin/ Salvation  Deities      || N/A Shinto, an ancient religious tradition. Worshipping of ancestors and nature spirits. Suppression of Christianity in the early 17th century N/A N/A Ancestors and nature spirits. ||  Family  Gender Relations  Social Class  Inequalities  Life Styles || N/A Patriarchal dominance; the majority of Japan’s textile workers were young women. Samurai, peasants, artisans and lastly, merchants. Many peasants moved to the city for a better and urban life but were often discriminated against; factory workers faced harsh living conditions and low pay which resulted in serious health conditions. Fascination with Western living; Western legal and educational systems, dances, clothing and hairstyles; hundreds of students study abroad in the West. ||  Art, Music  Writing, Literature  Philosophy  Math & Science  Education || N/A N/A Confucianism; moral instruction and loyalty to the emperor. Adopted from the West. Also adopted from the west with incorporations of Confucianism. ||  Location  Physical  Movement  Human/ Environment  Region || East Asia; East of North and South Korea. East China Sea, North Pacific Ocean, Sea of Japan. N/A N/A East Asia ||
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