Year 8 HistoryMr. Modra

Known as the Edo Period Ended the conflict of the previous four

centuries. Determined to modernise Japan New emphasis on:

Education

Arts

Merchants and trade became important

Towns sprang up

Roads built

Helped for towns and businesses to grow

Houses built Canals built to supply clean water Edo (know known as Tokyo) became the

capital and largest city in the world in 1721 with 35 million people.

Trade grew (silk cotton and pottery) Encouraged trade with other trading ports.

Exported: Silver

Copper

Diamonds

Swords

Artefacts Imported Sugar

Deerskin

By 1570, over 30 000 Japanese had become converts

Threatened Japanese society

Reduced obedience to the feudal system

Allowed groups to mix

In 1633 – Christians persecuted

Complete change from earlier years, shogun imposed a policy of isolation on Japan to limit Western influence. (1633 – 1853)

Gardens

Bonsai

Origami

1800s – things start to change

Japans old ways could not match technology from other countries

▪ Guns

▪ Ships

Single religion (Shinto)

Domains returned to emperor control

Rapid modernisation and industrialisation

Loss of old ways