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Secondary Sources
After Feudalism: Westernization and National Identity. Asian Art Collection, Princeton
University Art Museum, 2004. Web. 22 Sep. 2014.
This information is provided by the Princeton University Art Museum. It
describes the emergence of Western influence in Japanese art, technology, and architecture, and
explains how the two impacted the other. It will be useful in providing insight into the struggle of
the Japanese to maintain a balance of traditional art and architecture styles, and allowing
Western stylization to be included during the Meiji Restoration.
Chronology of the Meiji Period, 1868-1912. Asian Educational Media Service, University of
Illinois, n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2014.
This information is made available online by the Asian Educational Media
Services (AEMS), which is run through the University of Illinois. The information is a timeline
that highlights major events during the Meiji Period. It will be helpful in providing insight to the
events that helped shape Japan during the Meiji Period.
Japans Modern History: An Outline of the Period. Asia for Educators, Columbia
University, 2009. Web. 6 Sep. 2014.
The website is a resource intended for teachers, provided by Columbia University.
It provides a timeline, along with information about the government policies and the nations
expansion efforts. It will be useful in providing insight of Japans growth of power and its
expanding global influence during and after the Meiji Restoration.
Japan and the West: The Meiji Restoration. Asia for Educators, Columbia University, 2009.
Web. 20 Sep. 2014.
The website article, made available by Columbia University, is intended to be
used as a resource for teachers. It highlights main points and key events that proved to be the
catalysts for the dramatic changes that took place during the Meiji Restoration. It will be helpful
in providing a timeline for major occurrences during the Meiji Revolution.
The Meiji Restoration. Meiji Restoration Notes, Indiana University, n.d. Web. 6 Sep.

2014.
The website is a resource created by Indiana University. It discusses the Meiji
government, as well as pressure for change that came from both internal and external forces. It
will be beneficial in providing information about the political and social turmoil that Japan
experienced during the Meiji Restoration.
Netsuke of the Meiji Period 1868-1912: Carvings in Transition. Los Angeles County Museum
of Art, n.d. Web. 20 Oct. 2014.
This site is made available by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The site
features information about netsuke, and how these small carvings progressed from being
ornamental and functional to purely ornamental as the influence of the Western world increased.
This will provide useful information in regards to the nontraditional influences that Japan
experienced during the Meiji Period.
Reischauer, Edwin O. The Transition to a Modern State. Stetson University, n.d. Web. 22 Sep.
2014.
This website was created by Stetson University as an educational resource. It
explains in detail the political and social unrest that occurred immediately after the arrival of
Commodore Matthew C. Perry to the shores of Japan. It will provide useful information as to
how Japan was forced to reshape its political, social, and economic structuring in order to handle
the arrival of Western nations within its previously cloistered world.
Reidlsperger, Max. The Meiji Restoration. College of Liberal Arts WorldWideWeb
Workshop, California Polytechnic State University, n.d. Web. 6 Sep. 2014.
This website was created as a course resource by a history professor at California
Polytechnic State University. It explains how the deconstruction of old classes, in addition to the
introduction of Western technology transformed Japan from an agrarian to an industrial nation. It
will provide useful information in regards to how the Japanese embraced their own culture and
cultural values in order to utilize Western ideas and technology.
Third National Industrial Exhibition. Expositions, National Diet Library, n.d. Web. 10 Oct.
2014.

This site is made available online by the National Diet Library. It provides detailed
accounts of the industrial exhibitions that took place both in Japan and around the world. It will
be useful in providing information about the types of Western technology that Japan had an
interest in during the Meiji Revolution.
The United States and Opening to Japan, 1853. Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of
State, n.d. Web. 22 Sep. 2014.
This article is made available by the U.S. Office of the Historian. It discusses the
incentive that America had to establish free trade with Japan, and the efforts made on the United
States part to have Japan open their ports. It will be helpful in providing information about the
role of the United States in Japan during the Meiji Restoration.
Watkins, Thayer. Meiji Restoration/Revolution. Department of Economics, San Jos State
University, n.d. Web. 6 Sep. 2014.
This information is from part of the Economics Department of San Jos State
University website, a section that was created by one of the professors, Thayer Watkins. This
website describes how economic reform lead to vast changes in the society at the time. It will be
helpful in providing insight into how Japan had to restructure its economy and business practices
in order to compete with Western companies.