HIST 0430 notes Lecture 4 1 29 14 page 1 1853 Perry arrives end of Tokugawa lots of slogans sonno joi revere emperor expel barbarians refers to West as barbarians 1850s 1860s end of Tokugawa main question was the downfall of the Tokugawa because of internal or external factors 1867 shogun resigns apologizes ineptitude foreign pressures contribute Gordon sees as catalyst I Intrusions of Western Powers a 1780s in Siberia E Asia trade with Matsumaya b goes to other islands gets rejected for trade a pretends to be Dutch tries to land b 1856 second Opium War puts pressure on Japan to sign treaty before 1 Russia 2 England war 3 US II Western Studies a tries to come 1837 has missionaries gets sent back b 1846 letter from president doesn t get delivered 1 Rangaku Dutch Studies furthered by doctors 2 Western Studies Russians leave letter in French English in English etc a yogaku b schools in every major city 3 learn from foreigners directly III Treaties with Western Powers 1 US as opener a from 1862 on send certain select students to learn overseas a Perry brings letter 1853 returns a year later b emperor asks opinion on lifting sakoku c allows council not trade d commercial treaty Harris later 1858 Jan 1868 May 1869 Boshin War bloodless Meiji Restoration false 3k estimate extremely low casualty rate 3 sets of combatants Kyoto government southern tozama daimyo vs Tokugawa shogunate to 4 68 Northern Alliance northern tozama daimyo 4 68 to 10 68 Ezo Republic 10 68 to 5 69 southern and northern tozama non shogunate conflict shogun resigned willingly not overthrown Foreign involvement HIST 0430 notes Lecture 4 1 29 14 page 2 officially foreign powers neutral private citizens from several other countries got involved influx of modern weapons WWI level Japanese aware that foreign powers were watching