The Japanese signing the treaty from Commodore Perry. Digital image. http://fromtherecamier02.wordpress.

com/2011/03/31/daily-update-march-31-2011/ This image was a drawing of the Tokugawa shogunate signing the treaty with the US in 1868. Black Ship that came in at year 1868 also led the end of isolationism. Digital image. http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/teach/pearl/kanagawa/friends4.htm This image is the arrival of the Black ship from the US with Commodore Perry. Picture of Commodore Perry. Digital image. http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/teach/pearl/kanagawa/friends4.htm This is a picture of Commodore Perry; he came to Japan and persuaded the Japanese to their opening to the outside world. He came back the following year to Japan to have the Tokugawa shogunate to sign the treaty. Drawing of the Black Ship by the Japanese. Digital image. http://factsanddetails.com/japan.php?itemid=516&catid=16 This is an artwork of the Black Ship. When the Black Ship came to Japan, the Japanese first thought that they were dragons or undersea volcanoes rising above the sea. Japanese depiction of Commodore Perry. Digital image. http://factsanddetails.com/japan.php?itemid=516&catid=16 This is a drawing of Commodore Perry by a Japanese artist. Japans first railway, Digital image. http://www.nrm.org.uk/AboutUs/PressOffice/PressReleases/2011/July/japanfeature.aspx This is a woodblock print from the 1870s. It shows the excitement of the opening of Japans first railway. This railway connected the capital Tokyo and its neighboring city Yokohama. View of the inauguration of the street lighting at Ginza Street in Tokyo. Digital image.
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This is an artwork of a train going through a crowded street in Tokyo. This picture also has a Telephone line that goes through the capital. It shows that Japan was developing its transportation and communication infrastructure. Japanese woodblock print: Tomioka Silk Mill. Digital image.
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This is a woodblock print of the Tomioka Silk Mill. The Japanese adopted the machines from Europe and learned how to make silk because at that time, silk was one of the important exporting goods in Japan. Japanese wood block print: Joshu (Gunma) Tomioka silk. Digital image. http://www.pref.gunma.jp/foreign/z1010102.html This is also a woodblock print of the Tomioka Silk Mill. It was established as the first model filature facility for the purpose of modernizing Japans silk industry. Japanese elementary school during the Meiji Period. Digital image. http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/131 This is an image of the Japanese traditional school during the Meiji Restoration. Japanese children writing. Digital image. http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/131 This is an image of Japanese children writing, the education reform during the Meiji Restoration required all children to attend school. Charter Oath (1868). Digital image. http://homepage3.nifty.com/nihon_toukikikou/sihoshokumuteisei/sihoshokumuteisei04. html This is an image of the Charter Oath during the Meiji Restoration. The Meiji Emperor stated five clauses that they are going to improve during the Meiji Restoration. Nishiki e of Meiji dignitaries, depicted by Yamazaki Tishinobu, September 1877(Meiji 10). Digital image. http://www.jref.com/japan/history/meiji_restoration.shtml This picture shows a list of important Japanese scholars and politicians such as Ito Hirobumi or Saimonji Kinmochi during the Meiji Restoration. Picture of Tokugawa Shogunate. Digital picture. http://sakura-zen.blogspot.com/2011/01/lesson-in-history-shogunates-and.html This is a picture of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The Tokugawa Shogunate ruled the country for about 250 years, until the Meiji Restoration. Opening of Azuma Bridge in Tokyo. Digital image. http://www.artelino.com/articles/meiji-period.asp This is a woodblock print of an opening of a bridge in Tokyo. It shows the

transportation improvements made at that time. Dying hero, Sino-Japan War (1894).Digital image. http://www.artelino.com/articles/meiji-period.asp This is an image of the Japanese during the war time, at that time they had cannons. They adopted these equipments from other country such as US and Europe. Meiji Emperor and the New Constitution. Digital image. http://www.artelino.com/articles/meiji-period.asp This is an image of a ceremony for the Meiji Emperor. Sign of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Digital image. http://www.unlikelymoose.com/more/fantasyfootball/about_tokugawas.html This is an image of the sign of the Tokugawa family. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled Japan for about 250 years. During that time they isolated the country from outside parts of the world so that no one could get ideas from other parts of the world and gain power. A Japanese boy studying. Digital image. http://www.tulips.tsukuba.ac.jp/pub/kichosho/kyoiku-nishikie-eng.html This is an image of a Japanese boy learning how to write at school. A working Family. Digital image. http://www.tulips.tsukuba.ac.jp/pub/kichosho/kyoiku-nishikie-eng.html This is an image of a family working. Even the kids are working, at that time; kids also had to work with their parents to support their family. Japanese playing instruments. Digital image. http://vcencyclopedia.vassar.edu/alumni/baroness-uriu.html The Japanese brought in many new ideas from the world. The Japanese adopted them and began to learn. The emperor stating the Charter Oath in 1868. Digital image. http://bhoffert.faculty.noctrl.edu/hst263/18.taishodemocracy.html This is an image of the emperor stating the Charter Oath in 1868. It stated the five main points such as dismantling the Feudal system, political modernization, and education modernization.