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Era Of Popular Violence
The Era of Popular Violence ( ja, 民衆騒擾期, ''minshū sōjō ki'') was a series of violent mass protests and riots that occurred in Japan from 1905 to 1918. The Era of Popular Violence is considered to have begun with the Hibiya Incendiary Incident in September 1905 and culminated in the Rice riots of 1918, which lasted from July to September of that year. Background From 1600, Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate, a ''de facto'' military dictatorship under the Tokugawa clan in Edo, known as the Edo period. In the 1630s, the Tokugawa introduced the ''sakoku'' policies of national isolationism, limiting Japan's connections with the outside world to Chinese and Netherlands, Dutch traders. The Edo period saw strong political stability and economic growth in Japan until the early 1800s, when interactions with Western world, Western ships caused growing dissatisfaction with Tokugawa rule. The technologically superior Western ships were difficult to repel and were a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hibiya Incendiary Incident1
is a colloquial name for a neighborhood of Chiyoda Ward in Tokyo. The area along Hibiya Street ( National Route 1) from Yūrakuchō to Uchisaiwaichō is generally considered Hibiya district. Administratively, it is part of the Yūrakuchō district. There is no actual administrative district in Chiyoda called "Hibiya" but the name is used in some local place names such as Hibiya Park and Hibiya Station (administratively in Yūrakuchō). Hibiya was part of the old Kōjimachi ward in Tokyo City, before it was transformed into a metropolis. Etymology The outskirts of this district are reclaimed from the ocean, and the "hibi" of Hibiya is derived from the facility for the laver of nori made of bamboo, whose name is also "hibi". This effectively makes the word an ateji, kanji characters used to phonetically represent native Japanese words. History In the era of Tokugawa shogunate, the Tokugawa bakufu worked out of Edo castle and the area surrounding Edo castle was developed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
