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- Emperor Meji
- Meji was born prince Sachinomiya in the home of his mothers' parents. He became Emperor when the Shogun Tokugawa resigned his power.
- A man named emperor Meji once ruled Japan. With each day, he looked for ways to improve the land of the rising sun.
- Meji ponders
- In time, the limitations of tradition frustrated him.
- Especially while the West continued to advance in technology.
- For Example,as Japan came out of Isolationism and moved to urbanize, the Samurai and Shogun just weren't relevant anymore.
- Samurai vs Conventional Soldier
- Bound to honor and to decades of training, Samurai had too much governmental power, and too few numbers for an effective military against other countries.
- While expertly trained and endlessly loyal, the Samurai's armor and blades weren't as efficient as the uniforms and firearms of european nations.
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- Military reformation
- He replaced them with a german-inspired military that served the Emperor, not the Shogun.
- Some tried to rebel, but failed.
- Japanese modernization
- Average people around the world took interest in japan's new society. This interest would only grow.
- Along with a new military came Japan's own industrial age.
- The economy was shaped, and Japan was introduced to a Gold Standard currency
- Meji's success
- Meji was far from resting, but he was a step closer to his goals for Japan.
- Japan still kept its identity even through modernization, but traditional thinking was no longer a weakness. They would soon become both technologically and economically advanced.
- Clans were given wealth as compensation, but as the economy changed most of them became poor.
- Daimyo lords and clan leaders no longer had any more right to anything than the rest of Japan did
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