To Stand with the Nations of the World Japan's Meiji Restoration in World History
To Stand with the Nations of the World Japan's Meiji Restoration in World History
- ISBN 13:
9780195327717
- ISBN 10:
0195327713
- Format: Hardcover
- Copyright: 10/13/2017
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary
To Stand with the Nations of the World explains the paradox of the Restoration through the forces of globalization. The Meiji Restoration was part the global "long nineteenth century" during which ambitious nation states like Japan, Britain, Germany, and the United States challenged world's great multi-ethnic empires-Ottoman, Qing, Romanov, and Hapsburg. Japan's leaders wanted to celebrate Japanese uniqueness, but they also sought international recognition. Rather than simply mimic world powers like Britain, they sought to make Japan distinctly Japanese in the same way that Britain was distinctly British. Rather than sing "God Save the King," they created a Japanese national anthem with lyrics from ancient poetry, but Western-style music. The Restoration also resonated with Japan's ancient past. In the 600s and 700s, Japan was threatened by the Tang dynasty, a dynasty as powerful as Roman empire. In order to resist the Tang, Japanese leaders borrowed Tang methods, building a centralized Japanese state on Tang models, and learning continental science and technology. As in the 1800s, Japan coopted international norms while insisting on Japanese distinctiveness. When confronting globalization in 1800s, Japan looked back to that "ancient globalization" of the 600s and 700s. The ancient past was therefore, not remote or distant, but immediate and vital.