HIST 80b Study Guide - Final Guide: Tokugawa Shogunate, Meiji Period, Meiji Restoration

• School: Brandeis University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 80b
• Professor: James Heyward

Document Summary

Sonno joi was the slogan of the ishin shishi during the bakumatsu. The ishin shishi led the movement that ended the. The ishin shishi were from the south (which had active trade and information on foreign events) and were very worldly and educated due to the southern trade. The face of the restoration was ito hirobumi. They sought to control every aspect of manufacturing. They were tied to both of the centrist parties in japan. They were involved in the war effort and in northeast china. Following world war ii, the united states dismantled the zaibatsu in an effort to turn japan into an agrarian society. During the korean war era (1950), the united states changed their position in the reverse course by putting a lot of capital into. The zaibatsu was reborn following the reverse course as the keiretsu. The keiretsu lacked the same influence and status that the zaibatsu had.