Japanese Nationalism and the Restoration
One example of the growing seeds of discontent was the establishment of the Kodokwan Clan School, which placed a high emphasis on the study of Japanese literature, rejecting Chinese traditions. This school and its contemporaries were crucial in establishing a sense of Japanese nationalism that saw the emperor as the true leader of Japan, the latest member of an unbroken dynasty.[1] The Tokugawa government tried and failed to restrict these native instincts, helping to bring about regime change in the Meiji Restoration of 1868.[2]
[1] Lombard, 90.
[2] Lombard, 74.
[1] Lombard, 90.
[2] Lombard, 74.