Story and Sites

Outstanding Universal Value [OUV]

Brief Synthesis

Japan built the foundation of industrial nation from the mid 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century.
Meiji Japan’s transformation into an industrial nation in the second half of the 19th century was a phenomenon at that time unique in the history. In the mid 19th century Japan was a secluded island archipelago

Historical Background

Feudal Samurai’s Encounter
with Western Science

Infancy under the Isolation Policy

In the mid 19th century, Japan was a highly organised feudal society that had been governed by clans under the strict control of the Tokugawa Shogunate for more than two centuries. They had a policy to regulate the free production of arms and weapons, contact with foreigners, trade and

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Chronological Development Phase of Three Industrial Typologies (1850s to 1910)

Location