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How much was the Meiji emperor actually involved in making any decisions during the Meiji restoration? Is there anything approaching a consensus on this among modern historians?
Considering how young he was when the shogunate ended, and considering the aloof role of the emperor, I'm having a hard time imagining that he was involved much in the process. But at the same time, the pro-imperial daimyo seemed to make a big deal about supporting his wishes and restoring his power over the nation. What have we actually figured out about this process? If the emperor wasn't actually involved, who was deciding what "his" wishes were?
Is it just me or is this some bizarre void in terms of non-fiction (non academic) books on this topic.
Why did Emperor Meiji westernise the nation during the industrialisation period? Why wasn't he interested in modernizing the nation without westernisation?
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Hi All,
I need help identifying (or speculating) as to the heritage of an unmarked katana up for auction at an Australian auction house, closing December 10th 2021.
The house provides only two pictures - attached - of fairly decent quality. It is described as "An Antique Japanese Shirasaya Cased Katana Blade, with timber casing and metal collar, no maker's mark able to be discerned to nagako, mekugi-ana as found, attr. Meiji Period, as found, approx. 91cm (L)."
A few preliminary identifying factors I've noticed would point me to think it's a more modern manufactured blade instead of hand-forged, though I don't see it as a certainty: 1) the lack of a prominent hada; 2) an inactive hamon; 3) seeming lack of blade sharpening down to the hilt join; and 4) no maker's stamp (not necessarily a point against the blade itself, and potentially denotes it hasn't in-fact been machine-made).
Many further discussion points on the blade itself point it in different directions, such as rust colour & density on the tang, seeming lack of acid etching (to my eye), and the pattern of the steel fold along the middle length of the blade to the tip, though any help to educate an amateur will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
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Japan's reforms turned it into a world power capable of conquering China and defeating Russia and (initially) the United States, while Egypt became a British colony which did not become independent until 1952. Why?
Trying to understand this movement and major historical shift, help me out!
Hello r/japan
Recently I've been listening to a podcast about WW2 Pacific theater(Dan Carlin's Hardcore History) which starts from the the Sengoku period and talks a little about Japan's history since then. I had a brief encounter with the Sengoku period watching movies and playing video games like Ran and Shogun 2 Total war and a bit of surfing in Wikipedia pages, but had little to no knowledge about the Meiji restoration and was fascinated to hear about it.
As an Asian and also a public policy student, I was literally shocked by the experience of Japanese modernization which happened in such a short time and now there are many questions floating in my head day and night about how this Meiji restoration period happened:
What was the role of cultural and social elements of Japan from past in this lightning fast modernization and how this experience effected the society?
How the Japanese managed to incorporate modern institutions and what was the effects of these institutions on their culture and vice versa?
Where the political will for modernization came from and how it shaped the institutions of the new empire?
What was the role of different groups and classes of society in this event?
What effect it had on the views of Japanese society about the west and it's colonialism and imperialism, and also the east, Chinese, Korean and other people of east Asia?
and finally how the events of this period created the society and military which became known for fighting to the death in WW2?
I would be very thankful if you can introduce me to some documentaries and books(preferably not very lengthy :D) and even movies which can give some context and help me find the answer of some of these questions.
By the way sorry if the English is not very good, it's my first post on Reddit :)
So i was looking at a map of old SEA, and see that all nation is either controled directly by european nations or being heavly influenced by the US, and i see Thailand is the only nation thats free from either US influences or European colonialism, but seeing that Japan was able to become a superpower in 19th century why dont thailand become one considering that they are the only nation thats free in SEA ?
While my main course of interest has always been in line with Greek, Norse and egyptian. I have started to take a great interest in Samurai culture and history. I recently watched the Last Samurai and while it wasn't exactly historically accurate it does take inspiration from true events and people. I started to become fascinated with Saigo Takamori, the Satsuma rebellion, the modernization of Japan and the impact it had on Samurai culture. I was wondering is there any good books that detail the events leading up to and the events following the Meiji Restoration and the Satsuma rebellion?
Just a recommendation for anyone interested in Japan's own revolution, the Meiji Restoration.
Isaac Meyer, who runs the podcast History of Japan, has a series of episodes (episode 117 - 138) about this particular topic. He talks about Meiji Restoration chronologically, kind of like how Mike Duncan has done it.
If you want to know, Isaac Meyer is also involved as one of the historian commentators in the recent Netflix documentary series Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan.
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