japan chapter 14
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Chapter 14
Edo Japan: A Closed Society
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Japan and the Christians
• In 1614 Ieyasu ordered all Christian missionaries to leave the country
• Churches were destroyed and Japanese Christians who refused to give up their new faith were executed
• This lasted until 1640
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Terms of Exclusion Laws
• All Christian missionaries and foreign traders were forced to leave Japan– No newcomers were allowed to enter
• The Japanese could not leave their country, and if they did they would not be allowed to return
• Ships large enough to make long voyages could not be built and existing ones were destroyed
• Most foreign objects were forbidden
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Exceptions to the Exclusion Laws
• In 1639 the Shogun banned Portuguese ships in Japan and expelled all foreigners except for Dutch, Korean, and Chinese traders.
• The Dutch were only allowed on a small island in the harbour of the city of Nagasaki
• The Dutch were allowed to stay because they were seen as less threatening (they were interested in trade, not religion)
• Some shogun also allowed Dutch scholars to teach them western medicine
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The Booming Economy
• Farmers increased production by irrigating and growing two crops on the same piece of land during one growing season
• Road improvements financed by the daimyo helped increase trade
• The population increased in urban centres• Silver and gold coins were introduced as
currency
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What held the economy back?
• Minimal foreign trade• Overtaxing of peasants• Continued use of rice for payment in most
transactions
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The Age of Culture
• Arts and culture were able to flourish because of the period of peace in Japan
• Kabuki was the Japanese form of theatre which continued to grow because of the Japanese Isolation
• With the isolation came a unique Japanese culture that was unaltered by western influences
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The Floating Worlds
• In these areas cultural activities like kabuki and noh (a musical dance) took place
• The rules in this society were relaxed• These districts of Japan were kept under close
surveillance by the shogun– The shogun viewed this as a waste of time, and
they discouraged the samurai from taking part in these activities, but the samurai did so anyway
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The Strong Winds of Change
• Japan’s feudal system, which had been established by the shogun in times of conflict and poverty, was becoming outdated
• More merchants were gaining wealth and power because more people needed their services
• Many daimyo were nearing bankruptcy because of the alternate attendance system, and the costly road repairs
• The people soon began to blame the shogun for their hardships
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Disaster and Hard Times• In the late 1700s and early 1800s, Japan was
struck by many natural disasters that brought about famines and took many lives
• 1/3 of the Japanese population diedof starvation
• Rice became a scarce resource, and because of this the price increase drastically
• The people felt that the shoguns response to these problems were ineffective– This led to an uprising that brought about the Meiji
period
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Expansionist threat from Outside
• By the early 1800s, many countries wanted to trade with Japan, including:– Russia, England, and the United States
• The reason the United states had aninterest in Japan was because of theirgeography and economy