Dr. Satana Suzuki

All the big boys, you know, the British, the French and the Dutch and, you know, Prussian and sort of Russian also sent ships, you know, these imperial powers with the capital P. Normally, when one imperial power signed a treaty, treaty meaning unequal treaty, others followed.

All the big boys, you know, the British, the French and the Dutch and, you know, Prussian and sort of Russian also sent ships, you know, these imperial powers with the capital P. Normally, when one imperial power signed a treaty, treaty meaning unequal treaty, others followed.

Yeah, because they panicked. And this act of asking backfired majorly for the shogunate because emperor at the time was Komei, Komei Tenno, Komei. He said, no, you should just fulfill your duty as barbarian subduing general. But in 1858, the shogunate gave in to pressure and signed an equal treaty with America without imperial approval.

Yeah, because they panicked. And this act of asking backfired majorly for the shogunate because emperor at the time was Komei, Komei Tenno, Komei. He said, no, you should just fulfill your duty as barbarian subduing general. But in 1858, the shogunate gave in to pressure and signed an equal treaty with America without imperial approval.

So that sort of angered many samurai loyalists, leading to this coup. movement called Sonno Joy Movement, Undo. That means Sonno is revere the emperor, expel barbarian movement.

So that sort of angered many samurai loyalists, leading to this coup. movement called Sonno Joy Movement, Undo. That means Sonno is revere the emperor, expel barbarian movement.

It was not anti-Bakufu movement to start with, but that sort of radically, you know, becoming anti-Bakufu too over time.

It was not anti-Bakufu movement to start with, but that sort of radically, you know, becoming anti-Bakufu too over time.

Yeah, so the Meiji Restoration of 1868 that brought an end to the... because of a combination of internal, external factors. But before that, there's also, you know, ongoing conflict over the succession of the shogunate between Iinaosuke and some Fudai Daimyo who wanted 12-year-old Tokugawa Yoshitomi.

Yeah, so the Meiji Restoration of 1868 that brought an end to the... because of a combination of internal, external factors. But before that, there's also, you know, ongoing conflict over the succession of the shogunate between Iinaosuke and some Fudai Daimyo who wanted 12-year-old Tokugawa Yoshitomi.

And the 12-year-old Yoshitomi was put forward because he would be controlled by the chief counsellor. You know, it would be more easy.

And the 12-year-old Yoshitomi was put forward because he would be controlled by the chief counsellor. You know, it would be more easy.

12 at the time is maybe 30 years old today, so it's OK.

12 at the time is maybe 30 years old today, so it's OK.

Yes, yes. But the 12-year-old was the 14th shogun, but the other one became the 15th shogun anyway, so it was just a matter of timing, really, yeah.

Yes, yes. But the 12-year-old was the 14th shogun, but the other one became the 15th shogun anyway, so it was just a matter of timing, really, yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

January the 3rd, 1868. Yes, that's when the raw ranking samurai from Satsuma Choshu, Hizen... And gosh, Satsuma, Choshu, Hizen, and Tosa, sorry, my students who have a go at me. And together with certain progressive courtiers, you know, from the courts, they decided to carry out this coup d'etat, like a really peaceful coup d'etat.

January the 3rd, 1868. Yes, that's when the raw ranking samurai from Satsuma Choshu, Hizen... And gosh, Satsuma, Choshu, Hizen, and Tosa, sorry, my students who have a go at me. And together with certain progressive courtiers, you know, from the courts, they decided to carry out this coup d'etat, like a really peaceful coup d'etat.