Unit 3

From Isolation to Adaptation

Targets
Skill Builders

Activity




Document: Reading/Study Guide Unit 3: Chapter 16, Lesson 1

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  3. Read pages 352 to 354 of your textbook.
      • Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.

        • Which social classes adopted western ideas?
        • Who were the conservative people?
        • What cultural changes were seen immediately in port cities?
        • What laws were passed to cater to the foreigners?
        • How did court etiquette change?
        • What changes in clothing occurred?

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Fukazawa Yukichi was a Japanese author who had a great influence on the modernization of Japan. He is credited with inventing the term “civilization and enlightenment”, which became the motto of the westernization movement.

Yukichi believed in more than the adoption of western dress and industry. He spoke about social justice and government. One of his famous sayings is, “It is said that heaven does not create one man above or below another man. Any existing distinction between the wise and the stupid, between the rich and the poor, comes down to a matter of education.”

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Fukazawa Yukichi
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