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A 5 page research paper that discusses the rapid advance of Japanese society in the late nineteenth, early twentieth century. The writer discusses the changes that took place and the national policies of the government. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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beginning of a new age in Japan. When the turmoil settled, little had actually changed (Gordon 61). The Japanese islands were subdivided into close to 200 virtually autonomous domains, each
with its own treasury and army (Gordon 61). However, in just one decade, the changes were remarkable. Basil Hall Chamberlain, a British scholar, wrote in 1891 concerning the life of
an "old Samurai" who, while living in modern Japan, could "distinctly remember the Middle Ages" (Gordon 61). In other words, Chamberlain indicates that Japan, in one decade, had gone from
feudalism to modernity. The leaders of the new Meiji regime were pleased with their success, but fearful of the domain armies that could be turned against them; therefore, they
concentrated on formulating an agenda, primarily through "a process of trial and error," that was designed to resituate the Meiji government as a national power (Gordon 62). The first step
in this process was to abolish the "daimyo domains," which had constituted the political order for 260 years, and this was accomplished in just three years (Gordon 63).
By early 1870, all of the domain rulers had formerly relinquished their lands to the control of the emperor and accepted appointment to be governors of their former realms (Gordon
63). Through incremental decrees, the Meiji government moved toward creating a highly centralized, bureaucratic government. During this time, the government simultaneously undercut the power of the samurai, which suffered
severe losses of income in the demise of the domains, as well as losses of "pride and prestige," as they right to wear swords was prohibited to all but soldiers
and police (Gordon 65). Even before the samurai disappeared, the Meiji leader decided to overall the military and by the mid-1890s, the Japanese military had achieved sufficient strength to
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