Histry of the Meiji Era

I have a part time job at a cram school as a teacher. I teach Japanese and social studies. My students studies about the  Meiji era now. In fact, I'm surethat the most interesting era is Meiji. There are some reasons.

First reason , Meiji was turbulent era. From the Kamakura shogunate to the Tokugawa shogunate, samurais is center of government. However,great and famous people such as Takamori Saigo,the boss samurai of the Satsuma clan, Ryoma Sakamoto and so on changed Japan. For instance, government authority came back the Imperial Court. This is called the restorotion of imperial rule. Almost samurai lost thier works. Some famous samurais became statemans. Other some samurais became professer and police men. There were good point. It is begining a election. In those days, those who can vote were only rich men. However I thin this is the first step Japan to be democracy.

The end of the Edo Era, Perry Matthew Calbraith came Japan . Almost people especially samurai think Japan invaded other countries. Japan had closed the country long time so Almost Japanese didn't know Western culture, weapons, language and politics.Of course, there are men who learned abut West countries but a few. Japan opened country. At the same time, men with a broad outlooktook action.

Last year, Sakura of Yae was broadcasted NHK.Just then I became to be interested in history.  A heroine is Yae. She live live from the end of Edo to  the begining of Meiji. Her father was samurai and her brothers were samurai too. However her young brother and father dead  in war. Yae was in Aizu-han. Aizu guarded Kyoto where the emperor was. Of course Aizu successed. However  Aizu was on the verge of crisis before realized it.At least a lot of people who lived Aizu became enemy of the emperor. Aizu put up a good fight including Yae. She did battle with using a gun. It was rare that woman join the war. However she demonstrated her leadership. I think she is very cool. After war, she learned English and Christianity. Moreover she visited a battlefield as a nurse. She had much trouble, sad experience but she live storong.

Those who lived in the Meiji era were respecrable person. And they changed Japan with their the risk of her live. I want my students who study in my cram shool to know and learn about it.

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