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- Bakumatsu literally translates to "end of the curtain."
- This was the period of time between 1853 and 1867 in which Japan evolved from a feudal shogunate to the Meiji government
- Unlike the French and American revolutions Japan's revolt was mostly small battles that took power from the shogunate.
- Bakumatsu was a period of leniant government, the time period while Japan was slowly changing its policies.
- After Bakumatsu and the end of the shogunate came the Meji period.
Bakumatsu
Copyright Justin Cait Jeremy Schacht and Lucas Frankel 2012 History of Japan No Animals were harmed in the making.
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