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Exploring the Legacy of Pre-Modern Japan: From Kofun Era to Meiji Restoration

Discover the relative size, geographic context, and historical overview of Japan starting from the Kofun era and the formation of the Yamato state to the advent of Modern Society during the Meiji state formation. Delve into the Tokugawa era, the influence of Chinese culture, and the transition to a warrior society in the 12th century. Explore the impact of Commodore Matthew Perry and the opening of trade with the West in the mid-19th century, shaping Japan's path toward the Meiji Restoration.

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Exploring the Legacy of Pre-Modern Japan: From Kofun Era to Meiji Restoration

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  1. EAST255/HIST296 1st class: Legacies from the pre-modern era

  2. Relative size of contemporary Japan

  3. Geographic context

  4. Historical overview • Kofun era • Tumuli • “Horse-rider” theories • Aristocratic Society 6th c. f. • Yamato state formation--adoption of Chinese culture • Heijo (Nara), Heian (Kyoto) • Warrior Society 12th c. f. • Kamakura, Ashikaga, Tokugawa (Edo) • Modern Society (“emperor system”) mid-19th c. ff • Meiji state formation--adoption of European-American culture

  5. Pre-Edo fort(16th c. Sengoku period)

  6. Tokugawa era, 1600-1868 "Japan at the End of the Edo Period," Felix Beato (Yokohama Archives of History Collection)

  7. Geographic and Historical context (1808) Perry-Castaneda map collection, UT Austin

  8. Commodore Matthew Perry and the “Black Ships” 1853, 1854

  9. Trade with the “West”

  10. Samurai and attendant

  11. Japan in 1855 • Perry-Castaneda map collection, UT Austin

  12. Japan in 1911 (plus Korea) • Perry-Castaneda map collection, UT Austin

  13. Emperor and Empress Meiji

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