HIST 1708 Lecture 27: HIST1708 Lecture27
Lecture27 (11/8)
Uraga Bay
Commodore Matthew C. Perry comes to Japan, 1853
Perry’s “Black Ships”
Tokugawa shogunate’s Institute for the Investigation of Barbarian Books
Satsuma domain
Chōshū domain
shishi (men of high purpose)
sonnō jōi (“revere the emperor, expel the barbarians”)
Hagi (old Chōshū capital)
Yoshida Shōin (1830-1859)
“Japanese spirit, Western technology”
Itō Hirobumi
Shanghai (China)
Saigo Takamori (see also below)
Tokyo (formerly Edo)
Meiji Emperor (1852-1912, reigned 1867-1912)
eejanaika (“isn’t it great?”)
Meiji oligarchs (leaders of the Meiji Restoration; oligarchy = rule by a few); they include: from Satsuma
domain: Ôkubo Toshimichi (1830-78), Saigo Takamori (1827-77); from Chôshû domain:Kido Kôin (1833-
77), Itô Hirobumi (1848-1909), Yamagata Aritomo (1838-1922); from Hizen domain: Ôkuma Shigenobu
(1838-1922); from Tosa domain: Itagaki Taisuke (1836-1919); from the Imperial Court: Iwakura Tomomi
(1825-83)
Meiji government’s abolishment of samurai stipends, 1876
Saigo Takamori as leader of the Satsuma Rebellion, 1877
seppuku (ritual suicide by disembowelment)
bunmei kaika (“civilization and enlightenment”)
Fukuzawa Yukichi (1853-1901)
His writings: Conditions in the West (Seiyô jijô), 1866; The Encouragement of Learning (Gakumon no
susume), 1872-76; An Outline of a Theory of Civilization (Bunmei-ron no gairyaku), 1875
Irokawa Daikichi--Professor of Japanese History at Tokyo University of Economics; his book
on the “people’s history” of the Meiji period is translated into English as: The Culture of the Meiji
Period (Princeton University Press, 1985)
Itô Hirobumi and the Meiji Constitution, 1889
fukoku kyôhei (“rich country, strong military”)
zaibatsu (industrial combines, or conglomerates)
Mitsubishi
Gunkanjima (“Battleship Island”)
takobeya (“octopus dens”)
Empress Dowager Ci Xi (Tz’u Hsi) of China (1835-1908)
Manchus (rulers of China during the Qing dynasty, 1644-1911)
Sino-Japanese War, 1894-95
Treaty of Shimonoseki, 1895 (ends Sino-Japanese War)
Provisions:
-- Korea recognized as an independent state (but essentially under Japanese control)
--China pays Japan an indemnity
--Japan receives territory of Taiwan and the Pescadores islands (the Liaodong Peninsula, located
west of Korean peninsula and south of Chinese territory of Manchuria, was originally ceded to Japan as well,
but Russia,
Germany, and France interceded in 1895 to have the territory put under Russia’s control)
Document Summary
Commodore matthew c. perry comes to japan, 1853. Tokugawa shogunate"s institute for the investigation of barbarian books. Ch sh domain shishi (men of high purpose) sonn j i ( revere the emperor, expel the barbarians ) Meiji emperor (1852-1912, reigned 1867-1912) eejanaika ( isn"t it great? ) Meiji oligarchs (leaders of the meiji restoration; oligarchy = rule by a few); they include: from satsuma domain: kubo toshimichi (1830-78), saigo takamori (1827-77); from ch sh domain:kido k in (1833- 77), it hirobumi (1848-1909), yamagata aritomo (1838-1922); from hizen domain: kuma shigenobu (1838-1922); from tosa domain: itagaki taisuke (1836-1919); from the imperial court: iwakura tomomi (1825-83) Saigo takamori as leader of the satsuma rebellion, 1877 seppuku (ritual suicide by disembowelment) bunmei kaika ( civilization and enlightenment ) His writings: conditions in the west (seiy jij ), 1866; the encouragement of learning (gakumon no susume), 1872-76; an outline of a theory of civilization (bunmei-ron no gairyaku), 1875.
