Samurai caused Meiji reformations in the first place, and funnily enough, when they get what they wanted, they felt shafted and rebelled - literally the same people.
The Meiji restoration had samurai on both sides. Those in western Japan, mainly Kyushu and Chugoku, generally supported the emperor, while those in Northern Japan, particularly Hokkaido and Tohoku, supported the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Yes i know, point is, proshogunate forces were crushed and their remnants absorbed by government, but the ones that rebelled in Seinan War were precisely those who made the restoration possible in the first place, that period was full of political voltas.
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gray@lemmy.ml · 29 pts · 4d
Love the China memes and all, but how often do you meet someone who has anything to say about Japanese modernization?
eldavi@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 3d
when i was gen-z's age, that's ALL anyone ever talked about -- americans were really terrified that japan would overtake the united states.
sirico@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 4d
China is where Japan was in the 80s
robear@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 4d
A financial bubble about to pop?
sirico@feddit.uk · 13 pts · 4d
No awesome pop music
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3d
That's Korea.
sukhmel@programming.dev · 1 pts · 3d
Why no awesome music?
Geobloke@aussie.zone · 12 pts · 4d
Didn't the samurai revolt against the Meiji reformations?
benjirenji@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 3d
Yeah, but Bushido is brought up whenever the Japanese culture is romanticized.
teslekova@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3d
Yep, and they lost.
PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3d
Samurai caused Meiji reformations in the first place, and funnily enough, when they get what they wanted, they felt shafted and rebelled - literally the same people.
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2d
The Meiji restoration had samurai on both sides. Those in western Japan, mainly Kyushu and Chugoku, generally supported the emperor, while those in Northern Japan, particularly Hokkaido and Tohoku, supported the Tokugawa Shogunate.
PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2d
Yes i know, point is, proshogunate forces were crushed and their remnants absorbed by government, but the ones that rebelled in Seinan War were precisely those who made the restoration possible in the first place, that period was full of political voltas.
Amberskin@europe.pub · 12 pts · 3d
During the 70s and early 80s the general western view of Japan was exactly the same: they made cheap copies of European and American stuff.
It’s like living in BSG: happened before, will happen again.
spacegoat@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3d
They literally did copy. They brought over German and Japanese engineers
pineapple@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3d
The train (top one) is too pointy. It's more aerodynamic to have a more round nose.