Begins with the ancient Japanese backwardness. Much compared with neighboring China with the glory of his dynasty rule. They (the Japanese) realized that, and they never felt that little would be left behind. Moreover, the ‘western’ reveal himself to them. While some U.S. ships surrounded them with cannon to open its ports. Provide a mirror, that the ‘east’ was already lagging behind ‘western’, especially in terms of technology from the industrial revolution.

Feeling small, people will try to be great, but as always feel great, he did not know if it was not meant among other things. It is apparently a philosophical movement based Japan catch up. They want to learn, including adopting an understanding that although their conscience about. His slogan: ‘take the science’ – that’s what they apply to the Meiji government (1868).

As I Ketut Surajaya presented in the introduction to the book “Japanese Experience” by WG Beasley (Obor/2003), that modernization in terms of enlightened thought is the consciousness of all the backwardness of thought, action and thought most of the people. As a result of tight institutions and rules that are hirearkis and discriminatory. This awareness, which later gave birth to the revolution that determine the future of Japan.

As WG Beasley described in his book ‘Japan Experience’, the Japanese learned from the German constitution and Prussia, from the British parliamentary model, the economic system of the Anglo-Saxon and the Human Rights of France. As a result, within a period of 40 years since the Meiji restoration, Japan was transformed into a modern state and the teachers beat it. From here, then so was born a new chapter in Japanese history. A decisive change in the era of the turn of Japanese civilization, which previously consisted of rounds of bleak, filled with power struggles and rebellion in the country, with no unity of harmony and unity.

As also described Beasley, Japan before the Meiji era, consisting of prehistory and the monarchy (absolute monarchy) early, then Heihan era (794-1185), Kamakura feudal era (1192-1333) and Muromachi era (1333-1573), Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573-1603), and the time period in which power is controlled military families (bakufu) from 1603-1858. Although refresif is, in this last period, has given birth to bushido (the samurai moral), a national culture which contains teachings on loyalty, honesty, ethics and manners good manners, discipline, selflessness, hard work, cleanliness, thrift, patience, discernment thinking, simplicity and the physical and spiritual health. After that, only then entered the Meiji era, which actually was born on efforts to undermine the power of bakofu regime refresif.

Development and test-experienced in the heyday of-dreary-dreary-jaya formed a strong mentality for the people of Japan. Pride as a nation that led the Japanese to be like this now. Remember, when they pledged themselves to the spirit: Japanese light of Asia, Japan Asia and Japan Protector Savior Asia. This pride, not just mere flatform nationalism, but also covered by the glorification of their national cultural values, one philosophy or moral samurai bushido.

Deni Andriana