Unit 3

From Isolation to Adaptation

Lesson 2

In what ways did resistance to rapid change lead to a return to a traditional Japanese worldview?

Not everyone in Japan was impressed with the changes Japan was making. Many thought the changes went too far and that Japan was losing its identity.

A backlash against westernization began.

Japan had started entertaining westerners in a European-style building built by the government called the Deer Cry Pavilion. This building became a symbol of the backlash occurring in Japan.