sonnō jōi movement

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The sonnō jōi movement was a late-Edo period political and ideological campaign in Japan that sought to restore imperial authority and expel foreign influence, helping to catalyze the Meiji Restoration.

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sonnō jōi movement canonical 4
Sonnō jōi movement 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese historical movement
ideological movement
political movement
country Japan
endCause Meiji Restoration
surface form: Meiji Restoration and subsequent modernization
endTime early Meiji period
fieldOfWork political philosophy
politics
goal abolish Tokugawa shogunate
expel Western powers from Japan
restore direct rule by the emperor
hasEffect attacks on foreigners and foreign property
catalyzed the Meiji Restoration
mobilization of anti-shogunate samurai
political violence against shogunate officials
rise of Chōshū and Satsuma domains
shift of legitimacy from shogun to emperor
undermined Tokugawa shogunate authority
hasPart jōi ideology
sonnō ideology
historicalPeriod Bakumatsu period reforms
surface form: Bakumatsu
ideology Confucian loyalism
anti-foreignism
loyalty to the emperor
nativism
influenced Imperial loyalist factions
Meiji government ideology
influencedBy Kokugaku (National Learning)
Mito School thought
Neo-Confucianism
location Japan
mainSubject expulsion of foreign influence from Japan
restoration of imperial rule in Japan
nativeLabel 尊王攘夷運動
opposedTo Tokugawa shogunate
unequal treaties with Western powers
participant court nobles
domainal activists
samurai
significantEvent Meiji Restoration
significantParticipant Chōshū Domain
surface form: Chōshū Domain activists

Hizen Domain activists
Satsuma Domain activists
Tosa Domain activists
slogan sonnō jōi
startTime Edo period
surface form: late Edo period

mid-19th century
translationOf revere the emperor, expel the barbarians

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Ōkubo Toshimichi movement sonnō jōi movement
Kido Takayoshi participatedIn sonnō jōi movement
this entity surface form: Sonnō jōi movement
Boshin War precededBy sonnō jōi movement
this entity surface form: Sonnō jōi movement
Kirino Toshiaki movement sonnō jōi movement
Meiji Restoration cause sonnō jōi movement
this entity surface form: Sonnō jōi movement
Katsura Kogorō movement sonnō jōi movement
Bakumatsu period reforms opposedBy sonnō jōi movement