JAPAN 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Dutch Formosa, Shingeki, Gakushuin University
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1853-4 unequal treaty with the us (commodore perry) (1855-britain and france, 1857- the netherlands and russia) These countries forced a treaty on japan, they had to accept them. Granting tariff autonomy to the western empires (japan can"t decide tariff rates over imported goods) Granting the most favored nation status to the western empires (have to conduct most advantageous trade with these most favored nations) Samurai don"t like this so this leads to fighting and overthrowing the tokugawa shogunate and eventually re-establishing the imperial government. The utmost goals of early meiji japan: to abolish the unequal treaties, to establish japan as a modern nation state and an empire equivalent to those in. Europe: unify nation, modernize and civilize the nation. Key reforms for unifying and modernizing japan in the 1880s-1890s: conscription system, military draft, national land tax system a) Stated as duties of nation in the constitution of empire of japan. Promulgation of the constitution of the empire of japan, 1889.
