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- The Japanese Reformation
- The Work Of Meji
- As told by a sleep deprived high schooler
- For many, many years, japan was very isolationist
- But as the years went on, Japan was falling behind the rest of the world
- Mostly, it wanted no part of what European countries had been doing to the rest of Asia
- In other parts of the world, technology and trade had advanced well beyond Japan.
- But it was clear that some catching up was to be done
- It was nearly undeniable
- When Americans showed up in Tokyo Bay to try to re-establish trade with japan for the first time in over two centuries
- Japan was far from "Uncivilized" as much of Europe might have argued at the time
- And the Daimyo had thrown Japan into a deep civil conflict years prior
- But much of the Japanese population believed tradition was more important.
- This would come to change
- The shogun and the samurai had become more powerful than the imperial family
- Like any nation, Japan's sense of nationalism was strong.
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