EAS105H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 20: Shinto Sects And Schools, Filial Piety, Meiji Constitution
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Ordered them to practice the confucian virtues of loyalty, filial piety, chastity, etc. Centralization required convincing the daimyo to give up their domain. The government put all domainal retainers above the level of foot soldiers into one general category former samurai". Reforms and technological innovations to strengthen the state against its domestic and foreign enemies. They hired western experts to transform government, economy, infrastructure, and education. Issued civil and criminal codes that replaced different regulations for different statuses with rule by law that considered only the nature of the crime. Built telegraph lines and railroads to improve communications and foster unity. Replaced lunar calendar that farmers had used as a guide to planting and harvesting with western calendar. Outlawed traditional hairstyles for men and suppressed village festivals. Eliminate buddhist icons, rituals, and priests promote sect shinto as a. Issued these directives without warning or explanation national goals.
