HIS284H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Tokugawa Nariaki, Japanese Values, Sakoku
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Lecture 5- tradition in japan and korea 10/17/2016. Ainu : indigenous people of northern japan. 1798 expedition, annex hokkaido against russian threat. 1811 japan captures captain of russian surveying crew. This marks the first time an asian power has a european hostage. 1808 pantheon ( british ship) sail into nagasaki, interested in the dutch ships. More so about britain & holland rather than japan. 1824 raid small villages (britain in japan) Edo to kushi daimyo mito (mito domain) *was japan truly isolated in early 19th century? released how to respond to raids in the village outside of nagasaki. 1811 shogun translation bureau foreigners need to be kept away from japan because of christianity/ christian beliefs intellectual fear. Borrow on neo-confucianism, japan is unique , mixed with nativist japanese values. Origin myth: emperor is descendent of the sun goddess (direct family lineage) If japanese people engage in western materials, they will lose touch to japanese culture.
