Late_19th_Sentury_Japan

Late 19th Sentury Japan In the late 19th century Japan was “opened” up by the west. The Japanese saw the advancements of the west and sought its own modern state. The process of this modernization came during the Meiji period, thus the Meiji Restoration. The Meiji Restoration completely altered the face of Japan, affecting societal, economic and political conditions. With the coming of the west and the eventual modernization of Japan, many social norms changed according to the west. In past times, formal and everyday dress was a kimono of varying niceness, depending on many variables. During the Meiji restoration, the dress changes to western formal dress, which is a suit and tie, or for the emperor and his court, Prussian military outfits. This change is in the forefront of Rough Living, Oshima’s eventual dream is to be a successful tailor with a “shop facing the main street in broad daylight” (Shusei, 138). Along with the new dress habits the structure of the army was changed as well. The new army was no longer to be dependant upon the daimyo and the samurai class, but instead the government setup a system of conscription, making it so anyone cities, provinces, population, people, meiji, japan, government, west, success, shusei, rough, restoration, living, dress, view, very, tokyo, samurai, oshima’s, once, new, much, modernization, income, however, grew, city, without, while, way, warrior, upon, unwilling, system, street