Tradition and Transformation : the Development of Sapporo and Hokkaido in Late Tokugawa and Meiji PeriodJapan
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Sapporo was developed at a time when Meiji Japan was frantically dressing its institutions in Western clothes, grafting the fruits of budding Western technology onto Eastern roots and stems. The course was determined by a sense of impending invasion, and whatever was practical and expedient was used. The Americans did start the process of Westernizing Hokkaido, in accordance with the plans of the Meiji government, but change came very slowly in a society as tradition-bound as Japan was. Perhaps it is more accurate to say that they provided examples of Western culture, by themselves and their works, the best and brightest (and no doubt the wealthiest) Japanese followed their example, and the commoners were dragged into Westernization over the next several decades. Perhaps the inspiration which the Americans gave to their Japanese contemporaries, and the strengthened ties between the two countries, were their most lasting accomplishm-ents.79) The result was a mix of cultures, somewhat Western in appearance, but Japanese at heart.
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