IMPACT OF TRADE

ON JAPAN
Content
◦ Slide 1- Introduction
◦ Slide 2- Background information
◦ Slide 3- Trading with Korea and China
◦ Slide 4- Impact of trading with Korea and China
◦ Slide 5- The Fall of the Shoguns
◦ Slide 6- Trading with America
◦ Slide 7- The effects of America on Japan
◦ Slide 8- Reference
◦ Slide 9- The End
 Introduction
◦ For my assessment task this
term I researched the topic
of trade. My research
question is “How has trade
and modernization effected
the development and
culture of Japan?”. In this
power point I am aiming to
investigate and further gain
knowledge about the
impact of trade in Japan.
◦ I think that this is something
important to investigate as it
effects the culture and
introduces many new ideas
for further development of
the country and that is why I
chose it.
Background Information
◦ To understand the impact of trade in Japan we need to understand when the trade
began and its history. Firstly we need to understand the social classes. Merchants were
placed at the bottom unlike in medieval Europe, this was mainly because they didn’t
make or grow their own produce. Next were the artisans followed by the peasants,
samurais, daimyos, the shoguns and lastly the emperors. This impacted the trade as the
merchants were the ones who sold the products and the artisans made them, it is
important to first look at it to understand how the social and feudal system worked
back then.
◦ Fast forwards to 1700’s Japan’s trade regions was located in Osaka, they produced
most products there and sent them to Edo (modern day Tokyo) to be traded. Japan
was famous for trading their perfume, rice, textiles, spices, sugar, silk, iron tools, pottery,
charcoal, soy sauce, tofu, lamp oil, candles, pots and pans, gold, and silver. Like other
countries Japan began it’s trade nationally then expanded to internationally.
Trading with
Korea and China
◦ Japan traded nationally then started to trade
with other countries. Looking at countries that
they traded with gives us on an insight on
what their effect could be. They introduced
trading with China and Korea in its earlier
years then they traded with America in 1853
and later with Europe. The impact of China
and Korea was largely significant on Japan’s
religion and way of life.
◦ Japan's first foreign contact in around 400
BCE was in the form of Korean migrants who
began to arrive from Asian peninsulas. With
them they brought new pottery, bronze iron,
and improved metalworking techniques
which produced more efficient farming tools
and better weaponry and armour.
◦ Korea and China brought in new culture and
beliefs. They introduced Buddhism in the sixth
century which was adopted later by Emperor
Yomei. Now Buddhism is heavily enforced and is
one of the most common believes in Japan(after
Shintoism).
◦ Also China influenced Japanese writing as they
are very similar but different in pronunciation. Impact of
China gave Japan many inventions, even as
small as chopsticks. China also let Japan learn
from their literature, their paintings and Doctors
Trading with
acquired skill like acupuncture and massages. China and
◦ China also implemented many of their
architecture styles which we find very similar to
the Japanese style. China traded medicines,
Korea
perfumes, worked silk fabrics, ceramics,
weapons, armour, cloves, musk, lapis lazuli, dyes,
and musical instruments. Books came too, some
catalogues dating back to 891 BCE.
Trading With America
◦ On July 8, 1853, American Commodore Matthew Perry
drove his four boats into the harbor at Tokyo Cove,
trying to re-establish for the first time in over 200 years
regular trade and discourse between Japan and the
western world. With America they brought
modernisation and tried introducing new technology
and new believes (i.e. Christianity). Japan on the other
hand believed that the best way to stop foreign
influence was to modernise Japan. Using information
on scientific, industrial and military development from
Dutch books they began to master Western
technology slowly shifting the peoples culture and way
of thinking.
The Fall of the
Shoguns
◦ Some people felt that after the Americans came change
was suddenly happening and they needed to remove
the shogun as part of the change and adaptation of the
country. Domains of Choshu and Satsuma (places in
japan) felt the need to change that, they lead their
forces into forcing Takugawa Yoshimba (the shogun of
that time)to resign. Which he later did in November of
1867. The most power then passed down again to the
emperor, which was at the time Emperor Meiji and that is
why the Meiji period (restoration period which the
development occurred in from 1868–1931) was named
after. This caused a lot of tension and changes in Japan
which led to the change which has now shaped the
country. Later one they developed a modern day
parliament which they built on and are currently using.
 The Effect of
America on Japan
◦ Japan rushed to gain from the West, engrossing its most
recent innovation and idealizing its work frameworks.
Industrialisation and modernisation required an
enormous interest in foundation. New railroads were
constructed and present day interchanges, for example,
a telegraph system and postal services, were introduced
to support new industries. Coal creation was expanded
significantly to control steamships and the railroad. Great
value was placed on strengthening national security with
a powerful and well-trained military.
◦ Clearly Japan was highly influenced by the effect the
Americans and Mathew Perry had on their countries
advancements. They slowly shifted the system to change
it themselves and not have outsiders change it for them
so the only way to make sure of that was to start
evolving the culture and technology. They even made a
whole parliament system of their own to stay ahead.
This ability to borrow from the West but in the process to
transform and improve technology was a development
feature that led to Japanese rule in the mid-
twentieth century. Samurais and daimyos were quick to
adjust to the new changes.
Reference
◦ https://mayaincaaztec.com/anjatr.html
◦ https://www.ancient.eu/article/1085/ancient-japanese--chinese-relations/
◦ http://content.jacplus.com.au/faces/pages/ebookviewer.xhtml?isbn=0730354024&chp
tr=19591&sectionNo=5&pageType=1&view=01&cb=2391438915633
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