HIST 2910 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Fukuzawa Yukichi, Saionji Kinmochi, Meiji Constitution
20 Apr 2016
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Shogun did not know how to deal with the americans. Perry"s black ships unequal treaty *; extrality" (americans judged by american law rather than japanese law) Fukuzawa yukichi (1834-1901) one of the greatest intellectuals of the meiji time; what is coming/happening; 1862: travelled to europe to check out the apparatus of european state; amazed by europe. Canton: opium problem; qing officials questions; if japan is to survive, we must leave asia . It hirobumi (1841-1909): living weapons of war attempted to burn the british embassy in tokyo when he was 21; travelled to europe after yukichi; impossible to drive the british out of japan. Individual japanese should try to become a living weapon of war to expel the foreigner and rebuild japanese power. Problems came from satsuma and choshu better armed than the northeast; the. Daimyo switched sides when they started rising up against the tokugawa. Meiji travels to tokyo, 1868 emperor travelled amongst the masses.
