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Treaty of Shimonoseki
Definition

Treaty that ended the Sino-Japanese War

Japan got land rights of Port Arthur and Taiwan, Korea became independent from China, and Japan received a large indemnity 

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Okubo
Definition

One of the 3 Great Nobles of Restoration

Moved the emperor to the capital of Tokyo

Wanted an all-samurai army

Assassinated by Tokugawa loyalists

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Saigo
Definition

One of 3 Great Nobles

Military Leader

"Last Samurai"

Advocated invading Korea

Opposed Westernization

Failed coup d'état

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Kido
Definition

One of 3 Great Nobles

Proponent of Westernization

Supported constitution, compulsory education, conscripted army

Opposed invasion of Korea

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Li-Ito Convention
Definition

Japan and China agreed to remove military personnel from Korea

 

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Hibiya Park Protests
Definition

Protests after the Portsmouth Treaty

Public wanted more gains from the treaty

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Seiyukai
Definition
Pro-government and pro-business political party
Term
Ito
Definition

Part of the Iwakura Mission

Meiji Constitution

Treaty of Shimonoseki 

Founded the Seiyukai 

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Yamagata
Definition

Military Leader

Choshu samurai

Favored military expansion

War Minister

Part of the cabinet that controlled Meiji Japan

Controlled much of the military 

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Katsura
Definition

General and Prime Minister

Opposed political parties

Taisho Political Crisis

Doshikai political party

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Saionji
Definition

Seiyukai party member

Liberal, parliamentary 

Taisho Political Crisis

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Hara
Definition

Member of Seiyukai

Paris Peace Conference

Assassinated

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Taisho Political Crisis
Definition

Conflict over the Army Budget under Saionji

Katsura appointed by emperor to prime minister

Uprisings occured

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Paris Peace Conference 
Definition

Japan was present after aiding in WWI

Attempted to pass an equality clause

Refused by Britain

 

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Minseito
Definition

Liberal political group 

Sought female suffrage

Cooperative with US and UK

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Tenant-Farmers Dispute Mediation Law
Definition
Recognition of Tenant-Farmer Unions 
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Peace Preservation Law
Definition

Allowed universal male suffrage

Restricted press/public from criticizing the emperor and capitalism

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Kobayashi
Definition

Author of "The Cannery Boat"

Marxist

Tortured to death because of anti-imperialist sympathies

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Minobe
Definition

Emperor Organ Theory

Prosecuted for violating the Peace and Preservation Law

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Yoshino
Definition

Christian

Supported Democracy and the Imperial System

Mainstream intellectual

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Kita
Definition

Japanese Fascism

Ultra-nationalism

Worker rights, pro-emperor, expansion

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Zaibatsu
Definition
Industrial conglomerates 
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Townsend Harris
Definition

First American diplomat to Japan

Harris Treaty aka "Unequal Treaties"

Kept foreigners from being subject to Japanese laws in Japan

 

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Yoshida
Definition

Choshu samurai teacher

Criticizes Tokugawa, revered the emperor

Plan a coup through assassinations

 

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