jan 2, 1874 - the rise of modern japan

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the meji reformers also transformed other institutions. the wave of western technology and ideas that entered japan after 1850 greatly altered the traditional japanese culture. dazzled by european literature, japanese authors began imitating the imported models. they began to write novels that were patterned after the french tradition of realism. japanese authors presented social conditions and the realities of war as objectively as possible.

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