HIST 218 Lecture Notes - Wield, Ii Naosuke, Extraterritoriality
4 Feb 2013
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Tokugawa reform movements: central movements for consolidation of. Tokugawa control in edo, osaka, kyoto in 1841 took on different dimensions: taxation: fear that domainal lords were keeping too much rice revenue for themselves could lead to new situation of multiple sites and poles of power in. Japan, which could resist tokugawa apparatus of control (alternate residence; spy network) over domainal activities weakening (see satsuma connection with. Satsuma links to ryukyu kingdom external trade links to wing connections to imperial household in kyoto. Tokugawa world, they would need the aegis of legitimacy provided by the emperor. Foreign relations aftermath of opium wars and opening of tokugawa japan. Meant permanent european presence right next door to tokugawa. Japan encroachment from northwest (russian empire) status of hokkaido: not yet integrated into japan. British and french ships begin to try to open trade relations and shipping links with tokugawa from 1842 onwards (relaxing of earlier edicts for closure of the country)
