HIST-3330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Meiji Oligarchy, Unequal Treaty, Extraterritoriality
5 Feb 2016
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The unequal treaties was signed between japan and. Extraterritoriality a western person accused of a crime in japan couldn"t be tried by the law (immunity). Itagaki resigned from the government and became leader of people"s rights movement. It was a movement of samurai and prosperous people. Saigo takamori commander of the best troops of the japanese army. Set up a military academy and built himself an armed force. Tamagata and his rival don"t work together when arriving as backup. Ito hirohumi late 1880s, mainly responsible for the constitution japanese property qualifier/voter qualification. Lower house elected by wealthy men and the upper house people given titles of nobility by the emperor through recommendation by meiji. Women cannot be in the audience when a man is making a political speech, women can"t give political speeches or be around political rallies. Peasant women were closer to being equal to peasant males. Samurai women were farther from being equal to male centered/dominated samurai men.
