From the Edo to Meiji Period: Examining Equality and Equity through the Examinations of Japanese Society — JPN4302.01
In this low-intermediate course, students will learn and examine Japan鈥檚 drastic social changes during the Edo period and the Meiji period to investigate what equality and equity meant to Japanese people. During the Edo Period (1603-1868), Japan closed its doors to other countries for about two hundred fifty years, and this isolation helped Japan develop its own unique culture. It, however, ended in 1867 when Japanese culture was introduced to the Western world at an International Exposition in Paris.