Sir Francis
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Hey people,
I'm a beginner fan of Japanese history and am researching info about the origins of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse and the Meiji Restoration . Where I'm getting confused is which side wanted to modernise. I read a source that said the anti-shogunate rebellion by the Choshu and Satsuma who restored the Emperor Meiji were anti- Western and disagreed with the Shogun 's pro- Western stance. Then I find that later the emperor was pro-Western and killed off the samurai. So did the Emperor have a change of heart at some point? Or have I got this all wrong? Many thanks
I'm a beginner fan of Japanese history and am researching info about the origins of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse and the Meiji Restoration . Where I'm getting confused is which side wanted to modernise. I read a source that said the anti-shogunate rebellion by the Choshu and Satsuma who restored the Emperor Meiji were anti- Western and disagreed with the Shogun 's pro- Western stance. Then I find that later the emperor was pro-Western and killed off the samurai. So did the Emperor have a change of heart at some point? Or have I got this all wrong? Many thanks