Cultural history of Japan from Imperial Gods to World War 2

1. Japan
• By Jack Garrity

2. • Pages 681-682

3. • In Japan, the traditional and the modern exist
side-by-side. Traditional beliefs characterize
Japanese culture in modern cities. Ancient
moats and palaces sit next to glass skyscrapers
in Tokyo, the capital city.

4. Population Patterns
• Japans cities are in lowland areas on the seacoast, and
valleys.

5. Population Patterns
• Japans cities are in lowland areas on the seacoast, and
valleys.

6. Population Patterns
• Most people live in urban areas.

7. The People
• Japan has only one ethnic group.

8. The People
• Japan is ethnically homogeneous.

9. The People
• 99 % are descendents of Asian migrants that crossed the
Korean Peninsula to reach Japan centuries ago.

10. The People
• A few Aninu (original aboriginal people) still live in the
north part of Hokkaido Island.

11. Density and Distribution
• Japan has only a little land for a big population.

12. Density and Distribution
• Its average population density is 907 people per square mile.

13. Density and Distribution
• Hokkaido is mostly rural, with few people.

16. Density and Distribution
• 86 percent of Japan’s 127.6 million people live in the Takiso
corridor.

17. Density and Distribution
• 86 percent of Japan’s 127.6 million people live in the Takiso
corridor.

18. Density and Distribution
• 86 percent of Japan’s 127.6 million people live in the Takiso
corridor.

19. Density and Distribution
• Tokyo is the world’s largest city with more than 35 million
people.

20. Density and Distribution
• Tokyo is the world’s largest city with more than 35 million
people.

21. Density and Distribution
• Japan is filled with thousands of skyscrapers.

22. Density and Distribution
• Condos and living space are small compared to the USA
and Europe.

23. Capsule Hotel Tokyo

24. Density and Distribution
• You can go most places with a subway, expressway, or train.

25. It’s very crowded at rush hour.

26. Density and Distribution
• The electric Shinkansen bullet train goes 186 miles per
hour.

27. Density and Distribution
• The electric Shinkansen bullet train goes 186 miles per
hour.

28. Modern Japan
Japan is the world’s third largest economy today, and its
people have one of the highest living standards.

29. Density and Distribution
• Osaka has been home to a US Navy base since World War 2.

34. Density and Distribution
• Kyoto is the home to the Imperial family and one of the
most beautiful cities in the world.

35. The Japanese has had one dynasty, descendents of the
original gods and goddesses (660 BC-Today).

36. The Japanese has had one dynasty, descendents of the
original gods and goddesses (660 BC-Today).

37. Kyoto, the Imperial City

38. Culture
All students attend 10 years of school, and nearly all go to
university.

39. Culture
Their health system is better than the USA, and life
expectancy is much higher at 84 years old..

40. Sushi

41. • Page 683

42. History and Government
• Japan has been shaped by both isolation from and
interaction with other cultures throughout history.

43. Early History
The Korean Peninsular served as a cultural bridge
between East Asia and the Islands of Japan.

44. Early History
By 400, the Yamato Dynasty united the many clans
and families.

45. Early History
The Yamato rulers learned Han China’s philosophy,
writing, art, science and government systems.

46. Early History
By 1100, local nobles began fighting for control
over Japan.

47. Early History
Daimios (nobles) had armies of samurai
(knights) in a feudal system.

49. Early History
In 1192, Yoritomo Minamoto became Japan’s first shogun
(military leader) in Tokyo.

50. Early History
The Japanese Emperor stayed mostly in Kyoto, and let
the shogun rule in his name.

51. Early History
The Japanese have only had one dynasty of Emperors,
descendents of the original gods and goddesses.

52. Early History
In the 13th Century, the Mongol rulers of China
invaded Japan.

53. Early History
Aided by the Kamikaze wind, the Shogun and Samurai
defeated the Mongol Chinese invations.

54. Mongol invasions of Japan

55. Early History
In 1542, the wind blew a Portuguese ship off its
route to China and into Japan.

56. Early History
European traders and Catholic Missionaries followed.

57. Early History
The Shoguns, fearing colonization, restricted foreigners
movement .

58. Early History
They outlawed Christianity and punished converts.

59. Early History
The deported foreigners, but a few merchants were allowe
to trade at one port Nagasaki.

60. Early History
Japan remained isolated for two hundred years.

61. Early History
During the 1800’s, the USA wanted Japan to open for trade

62. Early History
In 1854, the USA sent Commodore Perry to “open trade”
with a destroyer.

63. Early History
The Americans forced the shogun to sign a trade
agreement, Treaty of Kanagawa.

64. Early History
Samurai rebelled against the Shogun, and forced him to
step down.

65. Early History
The Emperor was returned to power, called the Meiji
Restoration.

66. Modern Japan
The Emperor and people decided to make Japan the most
modern nation.

67. Modern Japan
Japan transformed from a feudal kingdom to a modern
county from 1890-1940.

68. Modern Japan
Soon, a modernized Japan wanted to build its’ own empire like
the Europeans.

70. A Japanese print of the Sino-Japanese war of 1895.
In 1895, they took part of China and Taiwan for themselves

71. They carved up China with Europe

72. The Emperor Hirohito 1926-1989

74. In 1905, Russia challenged Japan. The Japanese snuck
fleet at Port Author, with a surprise attack.

75. Next , the Russian Czar ordered another fleet all
around the world to bomb Japan.

76. The Japanese sunk this Russian fleet as well, and took
all of Manchuria.

77. Japan did not get lots of Land in the Treaty of
Portsmouth, brokered by Teddy Roosevelt

78. A Japanese Empire.
• During WW1, Japan allied with the USA and moved into
Korea, they also took German colonies in China.

79. They also conquer German Tsingtao (Taiwan) in 1914

81. In 1932, they took Manchuria.

82. • The Japanese made the ex Chinese Emperor Pu Yi a
puppet ruler of Manchukuo (Manchuria).

83. • The Japanese said they
were liberating the
people from foreigners.

84. During World War 2 Japan allied with Nazi Germany.

85. Japan conquered most of China, fighting Chiang Kai Shek and
Mao

86. 1933 Japanese soldiers ‘conquer’ the Great Wall

87. 1937 the Japanese army reach
Beijing (the Marco Polo Bridge).

88. Modern Japan
In the USA, Franklin Roosevelt did not want Japan to have
an Empire, so he shut off their oil supply.

89. Modern Japan
The Japanese made a surprise attack on Perl Harbor on
December 7 1942,

90. Pearl Harbor

91. Modern Japan
At the same time, they attacked and conquered much of
South East Asia.

92. • Japan surrendered after President Truman dropped
atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

93. Atomic Bomb

94. Modern Japan
After it surrender, Japan became a democracy.

95. Modern Japan
The USA rewrote its constitution, and still keeps military
bases in Japan.

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